Eli Chaim Carlebach

Eli Chaim Carlebach was a rabbi and spiritual leader.

Rabbi

Eliyahu Chaim Carlebach
TitleRabbi
Personal
Born
Eliyahu Chaim Carlebach

January 14, 1925 [1]
DiedMarch 23, 1990
ReligionJudaism
SpouseHadassa (Schneerson) Carlebach
ChildrenSterna Citron, Sheina Berkowitz, Y. Billie Dayan, Freyda Laufer and Esther Kugel
ParentsRabbi Hartwig Naftali Carlebach
Jewish leader
PredecessorHartwig Naftali Carlebach
PositionRabbi
SynagogueCongregation Kehilath Jacob "The Carlebach Shul" and Hillside Jewish Center

Biography

He was born in 1925,[2] to Hartwig Naftali Carlebach and Paula (Pesse) Cohn. He was the twin brother of Shlomo Carlebach. The Carlebach family is a notable Jewish family originally from Germany that now lives all over the world. He studied at Yeshiva Mesivta Torah Vodaas, in Brooklyn, NY.[3]

On March 16, 1949 he married Hadassa Schneerson.[4] The wedding was attended by many great rabbis, including Rabbi Eliezer Silver.[5] His father in law was first cousin to the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson,[6] who said the first 2 blessings under his wedding chupah.[7]

His daughter Sterna Citron wrote a book about her fathers stories.[8]

Career

After his father's death in 1967, Eli and his brother assumed the position of spiritual leaders of the Congregation Kehilath Jacob (Founded in 1945),[9] the landmarked [10] "Carlebach Shul," located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.[11][12] The synagogue was famous for its worshippers, young and old, female and male, traditional and liberal who participated in services there.[13]

His grandson, Rabbi Naftali Citron, is the current Rabbi there.[14]

He was also the rabbi at the Hillside Jewish Center in New Jersey.[15]

He died of a heart attack at the age of 65.[16]

See also

References
  1. https://www.fold3.com/document/18240278/
  2. https://www.fold3.com/document/18240278/
  3. Staff, Jewish Press. "Reb Shlomo Carlebach's Early Years in New York".
  4. "The Extraordinary Case of Rabbi Zalman Schneerson". YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
  5. "Cincinnati Judaica Fund". www.cincinnatijudaicafund.com.
  6. Resnick, Molly. "Daughter Of A Schneerson, Wife Of A Carlebach: An Interview with Mrs. Hadassa Carlebach".
  7. https://collive.com/the-rebbe-was-recorded-in-1949/
  8. Why the Baal Shem Tov Laughed: Fifty-two Stories about Our Great Chasidic Rabbis – via rowman.com.
  9. Johnston, Laurie; Herman, Robin (February 3, 1983). "New York Day by Day". The New York Times.
  10. "305 West 79th Street". LANDMARK WEST.
  11. "Carlebach Shul: Our History". carlebachshul.org. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  12. "A Tribute to My First Rabbi". March 26, 2006.
  13. https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19900404-01.1.43
  14. "The Carlebach Shul – Rabbi Naftali Citron". www.thecarlebachshul.org.
  15. "Eli C. Carlebach, 65, Rabbi of Synagogue On Upper West Side". The New York Times. March 27, 1990.
  16. https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19900404-01.1.43
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