Rav Eliyahu Dovid Rabinowitz Teumim – the Aderes

3 Adar 5665

Rav Eliyahu Dovid Rabinowitz Teumim, known as the Aderes, was born in 5603 in the town of Piklin, Lithuania, to his father, Rav Binyamin, the Rav of the town. Even before he turned thirty, he was appointed to serve as the Rav of the city of Ponevezh. He served in this position for ten years, and in 5654, he was appointed Rav of the city of Mir. In 5661, he came to Eretz Yisrael, following the invitation of the elder Rav of Yerushalayim, Rav Shmuel Salant, who asked him to come and serve alongside him. When he came to Rav Salant’s home, the Rav rose from his chair and said: "I hereby hand over the seat of the Rabbanus to the honored gaon." But about four years after his arrival – still in the lifetime of Rav Salant – the Aderes passed away, on 3 Adar I 5665. He was 62 at the time of his passing, and he was laid to rest on Har Hazeisim, near the kever of the Maharil Diskin.

With his tremendous talents, the Aderes was mechadesh many chiddushei Torah in all subjects of Torah, but with his extraordinary humility and modesty, he worked to conceal this from everyone. In his sefer Seder Eliyahu, the Aderes listed the names of 71 seforim that he had authored, but only some of them were actually published, and others are still being printed in our time.

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