Chidushei Torah in the hand of & with the stamp of the Ga’on Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Leib Eliezrov (1863-1952), born to his father Rabbi Eliezer Shimon Kazarnovsky, grandson of Rabbanit Menucha Rachel Slonim, daughter of Mittler Rebbe and founder of Chabad settlement in Hebron. In 1873 immigrated with his parents to Eretz Israel to holy city of Hebron. He absorbed Torah from rabbis of Hebron Rabbi Shimon Menasheh and Rabbi Eliyahu Mani. Sent as rabbinical emissary to Eastern countries and in 1897 was appointed as chief rabbi of Samarkand Bukhara, where his family name was changed to “Eliezrov”.

In 1903 Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Leib was appointed as rabbi of Ashkenazim in Hebron. Following World War One he settled in Jerusalem while appointing Rabbi Ya’akov Yosef Slonim as his successor in Hebron. In Jerusalem he was known as “Rabbi of Hebron” and was among leaders of Chabad in the city.

Signature: Shlomo son of Abraham of Kraslava.

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Marginalia by the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Leib Eliezrov-Harav Shil''a. Cidushei Haritva, Berlin 1860.

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