Simcha Zissel Halevi Levovitz

Simcha Zissel Halevi Levovitz (1908–2001) was a rabbi and founder of a yeshiva in Boro Park, Brooklyn.

He was born in 1908 in Ozovnet, Lithuania. His father, Musar movement leader Rabbi Yeruchom Levovitz, was then the spiritual director of the Kelm Talmud Torah in Kelmė, Lithuania.[1]

Simcha Zissel studied in the yeshivas of Grodno, Telz and Brisk. At the start of World War II, he was able to flee to the United States due to the efforts of Rabbi Elimelech Gavriel (Mike) Tress.[2]

Simcha Zissel settled in Brooklyn, New York where he married the daughter of Rabbi Naftali Carlebach[3] and sister of the famous musician Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach

After his marriage, Simcha Zissel founded a yeshiva in Boro Park. In addition to studying and teaching, he dedicated himself to publishing the writings of his father, Yeruchom Levovitz and of the rabbi after whom he was named, Simcha Zissel Ziv.

Simcha Zissel and his wife had three sons and one daughter. His sons are all rabbis: Yeruchom, Yisroel, and Osher Michoel. His son-in-law is Rabbi Avrohom Moshe Faivelson.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chareidi.org/archives5761/devarim/DVRMarlvvtz.htm
  2. ↑ Daring to dream: profiles in the growth of the American Torah community (Agudath Israel of America, 2003)
  3. ↑ http://www.chareidi.org/archives5761/devarim/DVRMarlvvtz.htm