Eli Chaim Carlebach

Eli Chaim Carlebach (1925–1990) was an American rabbi.

Biography He was born in 1925,

On March 16, 1949, he married Hadassah Schneerson. The wedding was attended by many great rabbis, including Rabbi Eliezer Silver. Hadassa's father, Schneour Zalman Schneersohn, was a first cousin of Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the father of the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who said the first 2 blessings under his wedding chupah. Hadassah is a second cousin of Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

His daughter Sterna Citron wrote a book about her fathers stories.

Career After his father's death in 1967, Eli and his brother assumed the position of spiritual leaders of the Congregation Kehilath Jacob (Founded in 1945), the landmarked "Carlebach Shul," located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The synagogue was famous for its worshippers, young and old, female and male, traditional and liberal who participated in services there.

His grandson, Rabbi Naftali Citron, is the current Rabbi there.

He was also the rabbi at the Hillside Jewish Center in New Jersey.

He died of a heart attack at the age of 65.