Rabbi Salman Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu (סלמאן אליהו) was born in

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in 1872. He was a disciple of the Ben Ish Chai and a renowned Kabbalist. Rabbi Salman Eliyahu

Together with his wife Mazal, he moved to

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in the early 1900s. He studied theology and philosophy in the

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. This Western education allowed him to serve as the personal secretary to Lord

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, the High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine. Upon the advice of his mentor, Ben Ish Chai, Rabbi Salman Eliyahu moved back to Jerusalem, where he died in Jerusalem in 1940. He is the father of the

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and

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Mordechai Eliyahu Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu (; March 3, 1929 – June 7, 2010, on the Hebrew calendar: 21 Adar I, 5689 - 25 Sivan, 5770),

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Kabbalists {{DEFAULTSORT:Eliyahu, Salman 1872 births 1940 deaths