Sholom Lipskar


Sholom Dovber Lipskar is a Chabad rabbi who was principal of the Landow Yeshiva in Miami Beach in 1969. He founded The Shul of Bal Harbour in Surfside, Florida as well as the Aleph Institute in 1981.

Early life

Born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in 1946, Lipskar was smuggled as a baby through the Soviet border to a Displaced person camp in Germany. On his passport, his country of birth is listed as Germany as this was where he was registered. Arriving in America in the early 1950s, Lipskar's family settled in Ontario, Canada.

Early rabbinical career

Lipskar was ordained as a Rabbi from the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Brooklyn in 1968. In 1969 he was hired as the principal of the Landow Yeshiva School in Miami Beach, Florida. He served as principal of its elementary school for a number of years.

Later rabbinical career

In 1982, Lipskar founded The Shul of Bal Harbour in Surfside, Florida and was its head Rabbi. He also founded the Aleph Institute and the Educational Academy for the Elderly, both based in Surfside.
The Shul is based on the ideology of Chabad Lubavitch.