Simcha Zissel Ziv

This article is about the rabbi who lived 1824-1898. For similarly named rabbi who lived in the 1900s and died in 2000, see Simcha Zissel Broide.
Rabbi
Simcha Zissel Ziv
שמחה זיסל זיו
Personal life
BornSimcha Mordechai Ziskind Broida
1824
Kelmė, Raseiniai County, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania)
DiedJuly 26, 1898(1898-07-26) (aged 73–74)
Kelmė
NationalityLithuanian
SpouseSara Leah
ChildrenNochum Zev Ziv
Parent(s)Yisroel Broida and Chaya Ziv
Known forFounder and director of the Kelm Talmud Torah
Other namesAlter of Kelm
OccupationRabbi, Musar movement leader
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOrthodox
Senior posting
Students

Simcha Zissel Ziv Broida (Hebrew: שמחה זיסל זיו, Lithuanian: Simča Ziselis Zivas; 1824–1898), also known as Simhah Zissel Ziv or the Alter of Kelm (the Elder of Kelmė), was one of the foremost students of Yisrael Salanter and one of the early leaders of the Musar movement. He is best known as the founder and director of the Kelm Talmud Torah.

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