Elias Schwartz Explained

Rabbi Elias (Eli) Schwartz (died November 23, 2016) was an American synagogue rabbi, a yeshiva principal,^[1] and an author.^[2]

Education

He was a student at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, where his primary influences were Rabbis Shlomo Heiman and Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz^[3]

Career

His students and past congregants numbered in the thousands^[4]

The two volumes that he authored using the title V'Shee-non-tom (And thou shalt teach them)^{[5] [6]} were to extend the work he did in helping to found Olomeinu Magazine.

His synagogue, Young Israel of Bensonhurst, was in a neighborhood that changed several times since he accepted its pulpit "in the early 1960s."^{[3] [7]}

Similarly, the backgrounds of his students at Yeshiva Toras Emes Kaminetz changed from "the 1940s..." when "Rabbi Schwartz assumed leadership of Torah Emes."^{[3] [8]}

Schwartz also oversaw the relocation of the school's three buildings twice:

• first, from a pair of buildings housing the elementary grades, on 43rd street between 13th and 14th Avenue, and a separate building blocks away housing the high school, all in the lower end of Boro Park, to a single building a mile away
• then, years later, to the Midwood section of Flatbush.^[9]

The growing presence of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union within Brooklyn added to both his congregation^[4] and the yeshiva, and he helped with "the many challenges they faced."

Works

• V'shee-non-tom, Volume I, For each and every sedra<^[5]
• V'shee-non-tom, Volume II, Pesach, Shevuos, Succohs^[6]
• Delving Within by Rabbi Elias Schwartz

In Volume I of V'Shee-non-tom, Schwartz describes his work on this volume as an outgrowth of his work on Olameinu Magazine.^{[10] [11]}

First came the weekly mimeograph sheets, sent home to parents of the Yeshiva where he was principal.This came to the attention of NCSY's Rabbi Pinchas Stolper; the material was printed by UOJCA, the parent body, for use by NCSY group leaders.^[12]

Death

Upon his November 23, 2016 (22 Mar-Cheshvan)^[3] passing, he was survived by a son (Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Schwartz), a daughter (Mrs. Hoschander), and 2 more generations of descendants.^[3]

External links

• Photo, Rabbi Elias Schwartz

Notes and References

1. Old Wine in New Bottles: Advanced Yeshivot in the United States . American Jewish History . 69 . 2 . 234–256 . . 1979 . Interview with Rabbi Elias Schwartz, September 24, 1979. Schwartz is principal of Yeshivah Toras Emes in Brooklyn. . 23881834.
2. "he authored several English-language sefarim that ...
3. News: . Rafael Hoffman . Rabbi Elias Schwartz . November 23, 2016 . May 19, 2019.
4. Web site: Shuvu's 26th Annual Dinner: Dedication L'Iluy Nishmas Rabbi Elias Schwartz, Z"l . February 26, 2017.
5. Book: V'shee-non-tom, Volume I, For each and every sedra . Rabbi Elias Schwartz . 1973 . Rabbi Elias Schwartz . 73-80075.
6. Book: V'shee-non-tom, Volume II, Pesach, Shevuos, Succohs . Rabbi Elias Schwartz . 1981 . 978-0960607402 . 81-90008 .
7. Web site: Bringing Nachat to Ourselves . Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler . December 1, 2016.
8. News: . The Miracle of Mesorah . Some seventy years ago, in 1944, .. attended Yeshiva Toras Emes ... visiting the centenarian former menahel, ... Rabbi Elias Schwartz, who was the principal of Toras Emes when ... . Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz . January 21, 2015.
9. News: . Tale of the Half-Built Yeshiva . Garry Pierre-Pierre . April 17, 1994.
10. publisher: Torah Umesorah - National Society for Hebrew Day Schools
11. Web site: HERE'S my STORY . JEmedia (Jewish Educational Media) . January 11, 2014 . ... the 1950s, when their Olameinu magazine was in a severe financial crisis and was going to stop publishing ....
12. Volume I, History and Acknowledgement