Eliyahu Klotzker (Son In Law Of The Alter Rebbe)
Eliyahu Klotzker[edit | edit source]
Rabbi Eliyahu Klotzker was the son-in-law of the Alter Rebbe (R' Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Chassidus).
Biography[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.