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The Brisk Yeshivos ישיבות בריסק

The yeshivos in Yerushalayim that carry the Brisker derech, from the Brisker Rav and his family

The Brisk yeshivos in Yerushalayim go back to Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav, who re-established the Brisk yeshiva in Yerushalayim after escaping Europe. Today his descendants lead several Brisk yeshivos.

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From Brisk to Yerushalayim
The yeshivos today
A Brisker bochur

From Brisk to Yerushalayim

The name "Brisk" comes from the city of Brisk (Brest-Litovsk), where the Soloveitchik family served as rabbis ^[2]. There Rabbi Chaim Brisker developed the Brisker derech of learning ^[2]. His son, Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav (1886–1959), escaped Europe, came to Eretz Yisroel and re-established the Brisk yeshiva in Yerushalayim ^[1].

The yeshivos today

After the Brisker Rav passed away in 1959, his son Rabbi Berel Soloveitchik became rosh yeshiva ^[1]. Today several Brisk yeshivos in Yerushalayim are led by his descendants, and hundreds of bochurim from America and Eretz Yisroel come to learn there ^[2].

A Brisker bochur

In Brisk every word of the Rambam is weighed like gold. A Brisker bochur doesn't ask what the Rambam says; he asks why the Rambam didn't say it differently.