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{{Short description|Lithuanian rabbi (1843–1905)}}
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'''Elijah David Rabinowitz-Teomim''' ({{Langx|he|אליהו דוד רבינוביץ-תאומים}}; 11 June 1843—8 February 1905), also known by his acronym '''ADeReT''', was a [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian rabbi]] in the 19th century who served as the leader of the Jewish community of [[Panevėžys]], as the rabbi of Mir, led the [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] community in [[Jerusalem]], and published many brilliant original arguments in Torah jurisprudence.

==Biography==
Rabinowitz-Teomim was born in the town of [[Pikeliai|Pikeln]].<ref>In his autobiography, Ha-Aderet wrote that he was born in the year 5605 (1845), but most biographers indicate the year 1843 as the year of his birth. See Seder Eliyahu. Jerusalem: Mosad Rav Kook, 1983. P. 17.</ref> At the age of five his mother died and from then on, his father, Rabbi Benjamin Rabinowitz, raised him and his brother, Tzvi-Yehudah, alone. He studied [[Talmud]] and rabbinics under the tutelage of his father and by the age of fifteen he had acquired a substantial knowledge of Talmudic and rabbinic literature. Rabinowitz-Teomim was married to Feige Minna, with whom he had seven children. His daughter Batsheva married [[Abraham Isaac Kook|Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook]] in 1886; however she died a few years later, whereupon Rabinowitz-Teomim encouraged Rabbi Kook to marry his niece (the daughter of his brother Tzvi-Yehudah). He encouraged Rabbi Kook to become the Chief Rabbi of [[Jaffa]].
 
He died on 3 Adar 5665 (8 February 1905).  He is buried on the [[Mount of Olives]].

==Rabbinical career==
In 1875, he was invited to serve the rabbinate of the town of [[Panevėžys]] (Poneviezh). In 1893, he was appointed as the [[Rosh Yeshiva]] of Mir, where he served until 1899. He then [[aliyah|immigrated]] to [[Jerusalem]]. In 1901, he was appointed as assistant to the aging [[Samuel Salant|Rabbi Shmuel Salant]], who was the chief rabbi of the Ashkenazi [[Perushim]] community in Jerusalem.

==Published works==
Rabinowitz-Teomim was a prolific writer and penned over 120 books. His work includes original insights on [[Maimonides]]' [[Mishneh Torah]], as well as on the Talmud in his works, "Ha-Tebunah," "Kebod ha-Lebanon," "Ha-Ẓofeh," "Ha-Maggid," "Keneset Ḥakme Yisrael," "'Iṭṭur Soferim," and "Keneset ha-Gedolah." Much of his work has also been disseminated alongside the works of others to whom he gave his approbation. Recently several publishing houses have decided to print his works, thereby spurring renewed interest in his thought. Some of these texts include, “Seder Eliyahu”, an autobiography, “Teffilat David”, an explication of the meaning of the [[Siddur]], “Cheshbonos Shel Mitzvah”, an exposition on the [[taryag|613 biblical commandments]], “Seder Parshios”, a commentary on the [[parshah|weekly portion]] of the Torah, “Zecher Lemikdash”, a work concerning rabbinic precepts intended to be observed as a remembrance of the [[Second Temple|Temple]], and many others.

==Legacy==
Several centres of Torah education throughout [[Israel]] are named after Rabinowitz-Teomim, such as Yeshivat [[Bnei Akiva]] Aderet high school in the city of [[Bat Yam]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{JewishEncyclopedia|author=[[Joseph Jacobs]] and [[Benzion Eisenstadt]]|article=Rabinowitz, Elijah David ben Benjamin|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=50&letter=R&search=avraham%20dov%20rabinowitz}}
* [http://rabbimeirbaalhaneis.com/Rabbi%20Eliyahu%20Dovid%20Rabinowitz-Teomim.asp Biography of Rabbi Rabinowitz Teomim]

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