Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim
Lithuanian rabbi (1843—1905)
Elijah David Rabinowitz-Teomim (Hebrew: אליהו דוד רבינוביץ-תאומים; 11 June 1843—8 February 1905), also known by his acronym ADeReT, was a Lithuanian rabbi in the 19th century who served as the leader of the Jewish community of Panevėžys, as the rabbi of Mir, led the Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem, and published many brilliant original arguments in Torah jurisprudence.
Biography
Rabinowitz-Teomim was born in the town of Pikeln. At the age of five his mother died and from then on, his father, Rabbi Benjamin Rabinowitz, raised him and his brother, Tzvi-Yehudah, alone. He studied Talmud and rabbinics under the tutelage of his father and by the age of fifteen he had acquired a substantial knowledge of Talmudic and rabbinic literature. Rabinowitz-Teomim was married to Feige Minna, with whom he had seven children. His daughter Batsheva married Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook in 1886; however she died a few years later, whereupon Rabinowitz-Teomim encouraged Rabbi Kook to marry his niece (the daughter of his brother Tzvi-Yehudah). He encouraged Rabbi Kook to become the Chief Rabbi of Jaffa.
He died on 3 Adar 5665 (8 February 1905). He is buried on the Mount of Olives.
Rabbinical career
In 1875, he was invited to serve the rabbinate of the town of Panevėžys (Poneviezh).
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