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Eliyahu Simpson
Rabbi (1889–1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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