Eli Chaim Carlebach

American rabbi

Rabbi Hartwig Naftali Carlebach (father)

Jewish leaderPredecessorHartwig Naftali CarlebachPositionRabbiSynagogueCongregation Kehilath Jacob "The Carlebach Shul" and Hillside Jewish Center

Eli Chaim Carlebach (1925–1990) was a rabbi and spiritual leader.

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 Hadassah Schneerson.^[4] The wedding was attended by many great rabbis, including Rabbi Eliezer Silver.^[5] Hadassa's father, Schneour Zalman Schneersohn,^[6]^{[circular reference]} was a first cousin of Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the father of the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson,^[7] who said the first 2 blessings under his wedding chupah.^[8] Hadassah^[9]^{[circular reference]} is a second cousin of Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

His daughter Sterna Citron wrote a book about her fathers stories.^[10]

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),^[11] the landmarked^[12] "Carlebach Shul," located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.^[13]^[14] The synagogue was famous for its worshippers, young and old, female and male, traditional and liberal who participated in services there.^[15]

His grandson, Rabbi Naftali Citron, is the current Rabbi there.^[16]

He was also the rabbi at the Hillside Jewish Center in New Jersey.^[17]

He died of a heart attack at the age of 65.^[18]

References

^ "Page 1 in Naturalization Index - NY Eastern Nov 1925-Dec 1957".
^ "Page 1 in Naturalization Index - NY Eastern Nov 1925-Dec 1957".
^ Staff, Jewish Press (21 November 2013). "Reb Shlomo Carlebach's Early Years in New York".
^ "The Extraordinary Case of Rabbi Zalman Schneerson". YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
^ "Cincinnati Judaica Fund". www.cincinnatijudaicafund.com.
^ "Schneour Zalman Schneersohn".
^ Resnick, Molly (23 September 2018). "Daughter Of A Schneerson, Wife Of A Carlebach: An Interview with Mrs. Hadassa Carlebach".
^ "The Rebbe Was Recorded in 1949". 16 June 2015.
^ "Hadassah Carlebach".
^ Why the Baal Shem Tov Laughed: Fifty-two Stories about Our Great Chasidic Rabbis – via rowman.com.
^ Johnston, Laurie; Herman, Robin (February 3, 1983). "New York Day by Day". The New York Times.
^ "305 West 79th Street". LANDMARK WEST.
^ "Carlebach Shul: Our History". carlebachshul.org. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
^ "A Tribute to My First Rabbi". March 26, 2006.
^ "Jewish Post 4 April 1990 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
^ "The Carlebach Shul – Rabbi Naftali Citron". www.thecarlebachshul.org.
^ "Eli C. Carlebach, 65, Rabbi of Synagogue On Upper West Side". The New York Times. March 27, 1990.
^ "Jewish Post 4 April 1990 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".