Avrohom Elyashiv

Rabbi Avrohom Elyashiv
Personal life
Born	Avrohom Levinson 1876 or 1877
Died	October 15, 1942 (aged 65)
Spouse	Chaya Musha Elyashiv ​ ​ (m. 1893)​
Children	Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
Alma mater	Radin Yeshiva
Religious life
Religion	Judaism

Avrohom Elyashiv (c. 1877–1942)^[citation needed] was the Av Beis Din (head of a rabbinical court) of the city of Gomel (Homel)[1]

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.

References

1. "Rav Avrohom Elyashiv zt"l". Matzav.com. Rav Avrohom was named after his grandfather, Rav Avrohom Elyashiv zt"l, who was the av bais din of the city of Homel
2. Sara Leon (2013). Rav Elyashiv. Jerusalem Publications. ISBN 978-0-9888958-4-3.
3. p.32 Sara Leon (2013). Rav Elyashiv. Jerusalem Books. ISBN 978-0-9888958-4-3. Change your family name to that of your father-in-law" the Chofetz Chaim advised. "As one family, it will be easier for you to obtain certificates.
4. Bayla Sheva Brenner. "Rav Elyashiv's rulings continue to affect millions of OU Kosher consumers around the world". Jewish Action (Summer 2013). OU.org. It was during that time that Rabbi Avrohom Elyashiv received semichah ... from Rav Kook.
5. Author's (synagogue) copy of his Yated.com article Rav Yaakov Feitman, Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi, Cedarhurst. "The Ultimate Journey - Our Annual Return to Har Sinai (Shavuos, 5778)" (PDF).

External links

• House of Nobility, Humble Abode: Rav Elyashiv and His Torah Dynasty^[permanent dead link‍] in Mishpacha Magazine (free registration required to view)