Elias Schwartz

[2][3] He was a student at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, where his primary influences were Rabbis Shlomo Heiman and Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz[2] His students and past congregants numbered in the thousands[4] The two volumes that he authored using the title V'Shee-non-tom (And thou shalt teach them) [5][6] were to extend the work he did in helping to found Olomeinu Magazine.

His synagogue, Young Israel of Bensonhurst, was in a neighborhood that changed several times since he accepted its pulpit "in the early 1960s.

"[2][8] Schwartz also oversaw the relocation of the school's three buildings twice: The growing presence of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union within Brooklyn added to both his congregation[4] and the yeshiva, and he helped with "the many challenges they faced."

[10][11] First came the weekly mimeograph sheets, sent home to parents of the Yeshiva where he was principal.

[12] Upon his November 23, 2016 (22 Mar-Cheshvan)[2] passing, he was survived by a son (Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Schwartz), a daughter (Mrs. Hoschander), and 2 more generations of descendants.