Eliyahu Klotzker (Son In Law Of The Alter Rebbe)
Eliyahu Klotzker
Rabbi Eliyahu Klotzker was the son-in-law of the Alter Rebbe (R' Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Chassidus).
Biography
R' Eliyahu was born around 5523 (1763), the firstborn son of R' Mordechai and Mirel Klotzker.[1]
He married the Alter Rebbe's eldest daughter, Rebbetzin Freida Klotzker.
In the book Beis Rebbi,[2] he is mentioned in the diary of the Chevra Kadisha (Jewish burial society) as the Alter Rebbe's first son-in-law. The author of Beis Rebbi notes there that he had not yet been able to research the details of his birth.
Family
- His brother: R' Binyamin Klotzker.
- His son: R' Boruch Klotzker,[3]
- His son: R' Aharon Zaslavsky of Kremenchug,[4]
- He also had a daughter, at whose wedding the Mitteler Rebbe (R' Dovber Schneuri, the second Chabad Rebbe) proclaimed: "The father (the Alter Rebbe) and Freidke are coming."[5]
Notes
- ↑ R' Mordechai Klotzker was born in 5490 (1730), and his wife Mirel was born in 5503 (1743).
- ↑ Part I, chapter 24.
- ↑ Born in 5552 (1792). He was a co-father-in-law of the Tzemach Tzedek (R' Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad Rebbe), and a son-in-law of R' Binyamin Klotzker.
- ↑ Born in 5555 (1795).
- ↑ Reshimos HaRavash, p. 33.