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	~~[[File:הרב יאללס אצל הרבי.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Rabbi Yolles meeting with [[the Rebbe]] at [[770 Eastern Parkway\|770]]]]~~
	[[File:הרב יאלעס.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Rabbi Yolles speaking with the Rebbe at a [[farbrengen]] (Chassidic gathering)]]		[[File:הרב יאלעס.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Rabbi Yolles speaking with the Rebbe at a [[farbrengen]] (Chassidic gathering)]]

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	After the arrival of the [[Frierdiker Rebbe]] (Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe) in the United States, Rabbi Yolles approached him with a request to study [[Kabbalah]] and [[Chassidus]] (Chassidic philosophy and mysticism) together. The Frierdiker Rebbe directed him instead to his son-in-law, [[the Rebbe]] (Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson).		After the arrival of the [[Frierdiker Rebbe]] (Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe) in the United States, Rabbi Yolles approached him with a request to study [[Kabbalah]] and [[Chassidus]] (Chassidic philosophy and mysticism) together. The Frierdiker Rebbe directed him instead to his son-in-law, [[the Rebbe]] (Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson).

	Following the passing of the Frierdiker Rebbe in [[5710]] (1950), Rabbi Yolles strongly urged the Rebbe to accept the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch upon himself.<ref>He wrote a formal letter of allegiance to the Rebbe and also sent letters to the Rebbe's close associates and family members, urging them to accept the Rebbe as the Nasi (leader) of Chabad and to work toward that end.</ref> From that point onward, Rabbi Yolles attended the Rebbe's [[~~farbrengen~~\|farbrengens]] regularly. He accepted the Rebbe as his personal rebbe and would come to him several times a year. The series of volumes known as [[Igros Kodesh]] — the collected correspondence of the Rebbe — attests that hundreds of letters on Torah subjects, both in [[nigleh]] (the revealed dimension of Torah law) and in Kabbalah, passed between them.		Following the passing of the Frierdiker Rebbe in [[5710]] (1950), Rabbi Yolles strongly urged the Rebbe to accept the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch upon himself.<ref>He wrote a formal letter of allegiance to the Rebbe and also sent letters to the Rebbe's close associates and family members, urging them to accept the Rebbe as the Nasi (leader) of Chabad and to work toward that end.</ref> From that point onward, Rabbi Yolles attended the Rebbe's [[Farbrengen\|farbrengens]] regularly. He accepted the Rebbe as his personal rebbe and would come to him several times a year. The series of volumes known as [[Igros Kodesh]] — the collected correspondence of the Rebbe — attests that hundreds of letters on Torah subjects, both in [[nigleh]] (the revealed dimension of Torah law) and in Kabbalah, passed between them.

	When Rabbi Yolles was once posed a question touching on the relationship between science and Torah — specifically, an apparent discrepancy between the size of the sun as recorded in Jewish sources and as measured by modern science — he referred the question to the Rebbe. His profound sense of connection and self-nullification before the Rebbe was widely noted.		When Rabbi Yolles was once posed a question touching on the relationship between science and Torah — specifically, an apparent discrepancy between the size of the sun as recorded in Jewish sources and as measured by modern science — he referred the question to the Rebbe. His profound sense of connection and self-nullification before the Rebbe was widely noted.[[File:הרב יאללס אצל הרבי.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Rabbi Yolles meeting with [[the Rebbe]] at [[770 Eastern Parkway\|770]]]]He had a long-standing custom: each year on [[19 Kislev]] (the Chabad "Festival of Liberation," marking the release of the Alter Rebbe from Czarist imprisonment in 1798) — at the moment when the Rebbe would draw lots to select which tractate of the Talmud he would study as part of the annual [[Chalukas HaShas]] (division of the Talmud among Chassidim) — Rabbi Yolles would hand the Rebbe his own pen. Afterward, the Rebbe would return it to him with a "Yasher koach" (well done), and sometimes added a few additional words.

	He had a long-standing custom: each year on [[19 Kislev]] (the Chabad "Festival of Liberation," marking the release of the Alter Rebbe from Czarist imprisonment in 1798) — at the moment when the Rebbe would draw lots to select which tractate of the Talmud he would study as part of the annual [[Chalukas HaShas]] (division of the Talmud among Chassidim) — Rabbi Yolles would hand the Rebbe his own pen. Afterward, the Rebbe would return it to him with a "Yasher koach" (well done), and sometimes added a few additional words.

	In [[Cheshvan]] [[5716]] (November 1955), he was privileged to receive a [[maamar]] (formal Chassidic discourse) from the Rebbe during a [[yechidus]] (private audience). The maamar, entitled ''[[Ashrei Tivchar 5716]]'', was delivered in honor of the [[bris]] (circumcision) of his grandson.		In [[Cheshvan]] [[5716]] (November 1955), he was privileged to receive a [[maamar]] (formal Chassidic discourse) from the Rebbe during a [[yechidus]] (private audience). The maamar, entitled ''[[Ashrei Tivchar 5716]]'', was delivered in honor of the [[bris]] (circumcision) of his grandson.
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	Reb Efraim Eliezer HaCohen Yolles (written in [[Yiddish]] as Yolles) (5 Shevat 1890 - 25 Cheshvan 1988) was the Gaavad of Sambor and Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Philadelphia		[[File:הרב יאללס אצל הרבי.jpg\|thumb]]
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			Reb '''Efraim Eliezer HaCohen Yolles''' (written in [[Yiddish]] as Yolles) (5 Shevat 1890 - 25 Cheshvan 1988) was the Gaavad of Sambor and Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Philadelphia

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	- Mendy Kurtz, 'Hold onto my Gartel', Kfar Chabad Weekly, 'Orchim' supplement 2081 page 4 (Sukkos 5785)		- Mendy Kurtz, 'Hold onto my Gartel', Kfar Chabad Weekly, 'Orchim' supplement 2081 page 4 (Sukkos 5785)
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	Reb Efraim Eliezer HaCohen Yolles (written in [[Yiddish]] as Yolles) (5 Shevat 1890 - 25 Cheshvan 1988) was the Gaavad of Sambor and Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Philadelphia.		Reb Efraim Eliezer HaCohen Yolles (written in [[Yiddish]] as Yolles) (5 Shevat 1890 - 25 Cheshvan 1988) was the Gaavad of Sambor and Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Philadelphia
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	== Life History ==		== Life History ==

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	Reb Efraim Eliezer HaCohen Yolles (written in [[Yiddish]] as Yolles) (5 Shevat 1890 - 25 Cheshvan 1988) was the Gaavad of Sambor and Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Philadelphia.		Reb Efraim Eliezer HaCohen Yolles (written in [[Yiddish]] as Yolles) (5 Shevat 1890 - 25 Cheshvan 1988) was the Gaavad of Sambor and Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox community in Philadelphia.
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	- Mendy Kurtz, 'Hold onto my Gartel', Kfar Chabad Weekly, 'Orchim' supplement 2081 page 4 (Sukkos 5785)		- Mendy Kurtz, 'Hold onto my Gartel', Kfar Chabad Weekly, 'Orchim' supplement 2081 page 4 (Sukkos 5785)
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	== Relationship with the Rebbe ==		== Relationship with the Rebbe ==
	After the Frierdiker Rebbe came to the United States, Reb Yolles asked him to study Kabbalah and Chassidus with him, and he directed him to his son-in-law, the Rebbe. After the Frierdiker Rebbe's passing in 1950, he urged his son-in-law the Rebbe to accept the nesius, and since then would regularly attend his farbrengens. He was close to the Rebbe and accepted him as his personal Rebbe, visiting him several times a year. From the Igros Kodesh series, it's evident that hundreds of Torah letters were exchanged between them, both in nigleh and Kabbalah. When Reb Yolles was asked a question about science and Torah in astronomy (a contradiction between the sun's size as written in Jewish sources versus its scientific size), he referred the question to the Rebbe. His level of hiskashrus and bitul to the Rebbe was well-known.		After [[The Rebbe Rayatz\|the Frierdiker Rebbe]] came to the United States, Reb Yolles asked him to study [[Kabbalah]] and Chassidus with him, and he directed him to his son-in-law, [[the Rebbe]]. After the Frierdiker Rebbe's passing in 1950, he urged his son-in-law the Rebbe to accept the nesius, and since then would regularly attend his farbrengens. He was close to the Rebbe and accepted him as his personal Rebbe, visiting him several times a year. From the Igros Kodesh series, it's evident that hundreds of Torah letters were exchanged between them, both in nigleh and Kabbalah. When Reb Yolles was asked a question about science and Torah in astronomy (a contradiction between the sun's size as written in Jewish sources versus its scientific size), he referred the question to the Rebbe. His level of hiskashrus and bitul to the Rebbe was well-known.

	On 19 Kislev (when the Rebbe would write which masechta he would take in Chalukas HaShas), he would give his pen to the Rebbe. Afterward, the Rebbe would return it to him, saying yasher koach, and sometimes adding more.		On 19 Kislev (when the Rebbe would write which masechta he would take in Chalukas HaShas), he would give his pen to the Rebbe. Afterward, the Rebbe would return it to him, saying yasher koach, and sometimes adding more.

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	In 1921, he immigrated with his family to the United States and was appointed as rabbi of Kerem Israel congregation in Philadelphia. In 1948, he was appointed as the head rabbi of the Charedi community in Philadelphia.		In 1921, he immigrated with his family to the United States and was appointed as rabbi of Kerem Israel congregation in Philadelphia. In 1948, he was appointed as the head rabbi of the Charedi community in Philadelphia.

	In his later years, he was known as the Gaavad of Sambor or the Admor of Sambor, and served as honorary president of Agudas HaRabbonim of the United States and Canada. The leadership of Sambor Chassidus is continued by his grandson, Reb Uri Gladtzelter.		In his later years, he was known as the Gaavad of Sambor or the Admor of Sambor, and served as honorary president of Agudas HaRabbonim of [[the United States]] and [[Canada]]. The leadership of Sambor Chassidus is continued by his grandson, Reb Uri Gladtzelter.

	== Relationship with the Rebbe ==		== Relationship with the Rebbe ==