Rabbi Eliyahu Pearlman
אליהו ב"ר אר' צבי
Rav, Congregation Binai Yisroel, Chicago, IllinoisDate of Death:
Thu. August 31, 1967 -
Av 25 5727
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Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Perla
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rav Eliyahu Pearlman, Credit: Mark Josephson, Highland Park, IL
Bio Information:
The Rav’s brother, Rav Yerucham Fischel Perla, was well-known for his commentary on Sefer Ha’mitzvot by Rav Saadiah Gaon. A third brother, Rav Dovid, served in the Bronx.
Credit: Alex Feller
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Grave location:
Waldheim Cemetary
Gate: 209
Gate name: B’Nai Israel Congregation
Lot: 1405
Section: 178
Row: 2C
Grave: 2
Hi Mark,
Did his brother Reb Dovid also change is name to Pearlman?
I know there is a Dov perla in Israel a grandson of one of the brothers of RYF perla who printed the Sefere of RYF, is he a grandson of Rabbi Pearlman of Chicago?
Is there any correspondence left between the two brothers?
Rabbi Dovid also changed his name to Pearlman. He came the the US a couple of years before Rabbi Eliyahu did as well. R. Eliyahu was the youngest brother.
As far as I know, that Dov Perla is a descendant of Rabbi YF Perla himself, not one of his brothers. We talked briefly with two Dov Perla’s in Israel back in December 2012, including the one who republished the book, both of whom were RYF Perla descendents.
All of Eliyahu’s kids came over to the US with him or were born here, and all of his grandchildren that survive are in the United States to my knowledge (I’m a great great grandchild of Eliyahu’s through his only daughter (he had 7 sons). Unfortunately, there are no papers relating to Rabbi Eliyahu at all that I am aware of, or that the two family members who prepared a genealogy are aware of. One of his grandkids in Chicago has a R.Eliyahu’s copy of RYF’s sefer, and I’ve been meaning to visit to see if there are any marginal notes in the book that might provide some idea of R. Eliyahu’s scholarship. It’s frustrating. What I don’t know, and will ask around now, is whether any of R.Dovid’s descendents have any papers or books that were his.
Stamp of Rav Pearlman:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65703354@N08/9534058008/in/photostream/
His shul was on South Fransisco Ave. in Chicago
Just wondering if anyone knows of the ancestry of RYFP past his father Arye Zvi. Did he come from the Margoliyus Perl family?