Avrohom Elyashiv
Belarusian Orthodox rabbi, Av Beis Din of Gomel
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Avrohom Elyashiv (Hebrew: אברהם אלישיב; c. 1877–1942)[citation needed] was the Av Beis Din (head of a rabbinical court) of the city of Gomel (Homel)[1]
אברהם אלישיב
1876 or 1877
Rabbi Avrohom Elyashiv | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Avrohom Levinson אברהם אלישיב 1876 or 1877 |
| Died | (aged 65) |
| Buried | Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery |
| Spouse |
Chaya Musha Elyashiv
(m. 1893) |
| Children | Yosef Shalom Elyashiv |
| Education | Radin Yeshiva |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
Biography
Avrohom Levinson (later Elyashiv) was the son-in-law of the kabbalist, Shlomo Elyashiv, author of the Leshem Shevo V’Achlamah. He was also the father of Yosef Shalom Eliashiv. He studied under Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim, in Raduń Yeshiva and later in Dvinsk.[2]: 32
In 1924, he immigrated to Jerusalem along with his father-in-law, his wife Chaya Musha, and young son Yosef Shalom. Following advice from Kagan, he changed his family name from Levinson to that of his father-in-law so the family would have a uniform immigration certificate.[3]
Rabbinic career
In Jerusalem, Elyashiv was granted semicha by Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook.[4]
Elyashiv founded and headed the yeshiva Tiferes Bochurim for working students, which was later headed by his son.[5]
Elyashiv was the author of Bikkurei Avrohom.