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Simcha Elberg


Rabbi Simcha Elberg (known as עלבערג שמחה in Hebrew) (1915–1995) was a renowned Talmudic scholar and the chairman on the executive board of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis for 25 years. He was also on the executive committee of Agudath Israel of America.

Rabbi Elberg was born in Poland and ordained as a Rabbi in Warsaw by Rabbi Menachem Ziemba. During World War II, he escaped to Shanghai with the Mir Yeshiva. He came to New York in 1947 and served as editor of HaPardes, a journal of Talmudic academics.

In addition to editing the monthly HaPardes journal, Rabbi Elberg authored several books on his own:

Much of the archives of HaPardes (הפרדס) has been preserved on Hebrewbooks.org.



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