Eliyahu Simpson

Rabbi (1889–1976)

Rabbi Eliyahu Simpson
Personal
Born	1889 (1889) Babruysk
Died	December 1976 (aged 86–87) New York City
Religion	Judaism
Jewish leader
Successor	Avrohom Rosenfeld

Synagogue	Nusach Ari Tzemach Tzedek
Yahrtzeit	29 Kislev, 5737

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Eliyahu Simpson (Yaichel) (1889–1976)^[1] was the Rabbi of the Nusach Ari Tzemach Tzedek Synagogue in Borough 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 Rebbe of Lubavitch, after the latter's arrival in the United States.^[7]

Rabbi Simpson was born at Babruysk in 1889. He studied at Tomchei Tmimim in Lubavitch 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]

References

^ Chaim Miller (2014). Turning Judaism Outward. Kol Menachem. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-934152-36-2. LCCN 2014906880. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Rabbi Eliyahu Simpson (Yaichel)". kevarim.com. Mar 24, 2017. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
^ י"ב אלול: אדמו"ר הריי"צ הגיע לביקור בארצות הברית. col.org.il (in Hebrew). Sep 15, 2016. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
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^ Zvi Hirsch Telsner. "Scroll to the End of Exile". Chabad.org. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
^ Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman; Segel, Joel (2012). Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer. Jewish Lights Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58023-627-0.
^ ^a ^b Dovid Shaltiel (Dec 27, 2017). "Shabbos with Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin". Ami Magazine. No. 348. p. 78.
^ "29 KISLEV: YAHRZEIT OF REB ELIA "YAICHEL" SIMPSON". anash.org. Dec 14, 2020. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.