Shlomo Brevda
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Rabbi Shlomo Leib Brevda | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1931 |
| Died | January 2013 (aged 81–82) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Yahrtzeit | 26 Tevet, 5773[1] |
Shlomo Leib Brevda (1931 – January 2013) was an American-born rabbi, inspirational Torah leader and mashpia[1] who authored numerous books. Growing up as an average American boy, he attended Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) with plans to pursue a college education. However, he was advised by RIETS’s Rabbi Yeruchim Gorelik to pursue his learning elsewhere; thus, he joined the Mir Yeshiva following its escape from the Holocaust and became a disciple of Rabbi Chatzkel Levenstein, the yeshiva's mashgiach ruchani.[2][3][4] In the 1950s he moved to Israel. Much of Shlomo's writing was about musar and the Vilna Gaon, of whom he was a descendant.[5]: p.39 He was survived by his wife and their "six children, Reb Chaike, Reb Velvel, Reb Aharon, Rachel Altusky, Frume Yasolvsky and Estie Druk."[2]
