The Apta Rav said that Rav Elozor Roke’ach of Brody and Amsterdam did hisbodedus for seven years, davening and beseeching Hashem in meditative seclusion while studying the entire corpus of the Chochmas HaEmes and Kabbola while standing on his feet and enduring terrific pains and suffering, just to merit a son. He performed mystical unifications of the Divine Names known as yichudim and then Eliyohu HaNovi appeared and revealed to him, “You have drawn down a lofty soul to this world that none can compare to; cease your seclusion – the world needs you.” Afterward, his son Rav Moshe was born.
His first marriage was to the daughter of Rav Naftoli Katz, Av Bais Din of Posen. His second marriage was to the daughter of the Chacham Tzvi.
On 12 Tammuz 5504/1744, he was appointed Rav of Brody.
He had two sons from his first wife, one of whom was Rav Shmuel Shmelka Roke’ach, Rav of the Tailors of Brody (grandfather of the Sar Sholom of Belz).
