TODAY: Yohrtzeit of the Yampoler Rebbe, zt”l

by YS Gold 

Many will mark the yohrtzeit of Rebbe Eliezer Chaim Rabinowitz, known as the Yampoler Rebbe, largely considered the first chassidishe Rebbe to set foot on the American continent. 

The Rebbe was descended from the greatest lights in the Chassidic movement, including the  Rebbe Baruch of Medzibuz and his grandfather the Ba’al Shem Tov, Rebbe Mechel of Zlochev, and many others. 

The Rebbe lived in America, but he really resided in his own world, constantly enveloped in the cocoon of his Torah, tefillah, and intense avodas Hashem. He raised great generations of upstanding Torah Yidden, with a number of prominent Admorim among his progeny. 

The Rebbe was interred on Mount Judah Cemetery in the extremely-prestigious Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim section, alongside many other great Rabbonim and leaders of American Torah Jewry.

The Rebbe’s resting place has become a destination for many in need of yeshuah, especially on the day of the yohrtzeit, the fifth day in Iyar.