Yitzchok Sorotzkin
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Avrohom Yitzchok Sorotzkin (born October 1945) is a rabbi and writer and former Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Telshe yeshiva who delivers the most advanced Talmudic lecture at the Mesivta of Lakewood. He is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages).[1][2][3]
Sorotzkin is the son of Baruch Sorotzkin, a Rosh Yeshiva in Telshe Yeshiva whose position he inherited. Due to controversy concerning the leadership of the Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, Sorotzkin relocated to Lakewood, NJ.[citation needed]
Sorotzkin, in addition to having studied under his father, is also a student of Berel Soloveitchik.[4]
Sorotzkin is the son-in-law of Yecheskel Grubner, Chief Rabbi of Detroit.[5]
