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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
Edit / add infoThe 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 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.
Sources
- Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik — Wikipedia (accessed 20 octobre 2026)
- Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty — Wikipedia (accessed 20 octobre 2026)
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