Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik
- Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik
Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik is the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk, the main Brisk yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel that admits only a select few elite Talmudical students from the United States.
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R' Soloveitchick runs a talmudical college with approx. 800 students. The school focuses on the the talmudical section dealing with seeds.
He is carrying on the mesorah of his granfather the Brisker Rav.
ee also
*Haredi Judaism
*Daat Torah
*Torah study
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