Editing Sholom Dovber Lipskar


Rabbi '''Sholom Dovber Lipskar''' (5706/1946-5785/2025) is the Rebbe's shliach in the prestigious Bal Harbour neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida, rabbi of federal prisons in the United States, and director of the "ALEPH" organization for Jewish inmates throughout the United States.

== Life History ==
Born in Tashkent in 5706 to his father Rabbi Eliyahu Akiva Lipskar and his mother Mrs. Rachel Beila. As an infant, his family escaped across the border in a journey later known as "The Russian Exodus of 5706," and after a brief interim period in a displaced persons camp in Germany, his family continued to Ontario, Canada.

In his youth, he studied at the central Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva at 770, where he also received his rabbinical ordination in 5728 (1968). After his marriage to his wife Chana, daughter of R' Yisroel Minkowicz, he was sent in 5729 (1969) to serve as the principal of the elementary school in Miami Beach. Before the trip, he merited that the Rebbe said to him and his wife: "I am traveling with you! Let it be with joy. For if not, why would you need to take me with you?..."

At his initiative and request, the Rebbe established Yeshiva Gedolah Miami in 5732 (1972).

In 5742 (1982), he established the Jewish community in the prestigious neighborhood of Bal Harbour, and was appointed as the community rabbi. During his years of activity, he built a magnificent Jewish center on the main street of the prestigious neighborhood at a cost of over ten million dollars, and also established separate Jewish educational institutions for boys and girls for elementary and high school ages, and ensured the establishment of mehadrin kosher restaurants and a Jewish banquet hall.

In 5741 (1981), he founded the "ALEPH" Institute which works to assist Jewish inmates in prisons and military personnel throughout the United States.

== His Family ==
* His son, R' Shneur Zalman Lipskar
* His daughter Mrs. Devorah Leah, wife of R' Yaakov Andruszer

== Further Reading ==
* '''To Contemplate What the Rebbe Said''', Kfar Chabad weekly magazine issue 1890 page 23
* '''[https://crownheights.info/chabad-news/814887/heres-my-story-time-to-rise-and-shine/ Time to Rise and Shine]''' [[Jem - Jewish educational Media|Jem]] interview