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Rabbi
Eliyahu Simpson
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Born | 1889 (1889) |
Died | December 1976 (aged 86–87) |
Religion | Judaism |
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Successor | Avrohom Rosenfeld |
Synagogue | Nusach Ari Tzemach Tzedek |
Yahrtzeit | 29 Kislev, 5737 |
Eliyahu Simpson (Yaichel) (1889–1976)[1] was the Rabbi of the Nusach Ari Tzemach Tzedek SynagogueinBorough Park, Brooklyn[2] for over fifty years. He was one of the heads of Agudas Chasidei Chabad[3] and served as personal gabbai for Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn,[4][5] [6]the sixth RebbeofLubavitch, after the latter's arrival in the United States.[7]
Rabbi Simpson was born at Babruysk in 1889. He studied at Tomchei TmimiminLubavitch for over thirteen years, where he was close to the Rebbe Rashab.[8] He died at New York City on December 21, 1976,[2] after-which he was succeeded as Rabbi of the Synagogue by his son-in-law, Rabbi Avrohom Rosenfeld. Rabbi Rosenfeld's son is married to the daughter of Aaron Rubashkin.[7]
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