Simcha Elberg

Rabbi Simcha Elberg (known as עלבערג שמחה in Hebrew) (1915–1995) was a renowned Talmudic scholar and the chairman on the executive board of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis for 25 years. He was also on the executive committee of Agudath Israel of America.^[1]

Rabbi Elberg was born in Poland and ordained as a Rabbi in Warsaw by Rabbi Menachem Ziemba. During World War II, he escaped to Shanghai with the Mir Yeshiva. He came to New York in 1947 and served as editor of HaPardes, a journal of Talmudic academics.

Works

In addition to editing the monthly HaPardes journal, Rabbi Elberg authored several books on his own:

• "Varshah shel ma'lah" detailing pre-World War II Warsaw (Published in Bene Barak, 1969), וורשא של מעלה
• "Imrei Simcha" detailing Jewish philosophy (New York, 1989), אמרי שמחה
• "Minchas Bikkurim" Talmudic novallae (Warsaw, 1939), מנחת ביכורים
• Jubilee book celebrating the fifty year anniversary of HaPardes, ספר היובל הפרדס
• "Shalmei Simcha" (5 volumes), שלמי שמחה

Much of the archives of HaPardes (הפרדס) has been preserved on Hebrewbooks.org.

Notes and references

1. New York Times Obituaries: Rabbi Simcha Elberg, Rabbinic Law Scholar, 80

External links

• Simcha Elberg on WorldCat