Yerucham Gorelick
Rabbi Yerucham Gorelick | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | September 10, 1983 |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality |  United States of America |
| Denomination | Orthodox |
| Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | RIETS |
| Buried | Har Hamenuchot, Jerusalem |
Rabbi Yerucham Gorelick (1911-1983) was a distinguished Rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for forty years.
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Rabbi Gorelick was born in Slutzk, in 1911 to R. Avrohom Moshe, the son-in-law of Rabbi Yerucham of Dubrov. Rabbi Yerucham of Dubrov, his namesake, was close to the Beis HaLevi, and earned the nickname, "Rav Yerucham Charif" (the Sharp One). His father served as rav in several towns in Poland. In 1927, when the Bolsheviks were persecuting the rabbis, the family immigrated to America, but Rabbi Gorelick stayed behind in Europe.
In his early youth, Rabbi Gorelick learned in the yeshiva of Lomza, and then spent ten years in the Chofetz Chaim's yeshiva in Radin, where he learned with Rabbi Naftoli Trop and Rabbi M. Landinski. Afterwards, he studied in Brisk for five years under Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik until the outbreak of World War II.
In 1938, he married a woman from Brisk, the daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Yehudah Belkes, a lay leader of the community who owned a coal factory.
Rabbi Gorelick escaped with his wife and family to Vilna, and continued his studies there with Rabbi Soloveitchik in 1940.[1]
America
In 1940-1941, Rabbi Gorelick escaped from Europe to Japan. He arrived in America just before America entered the war in December 1941.
He first served as rebbe at Yeshivat Tiferet Yerushalayim and involved himself in relief efforts. In 1943, Rabbi Gorelik was appointed a rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary where he taught Torah to thousands of students until his death. He served as rabbi in the Bronx, established Yeshivas Zichron Moshe and the Beis Yaakov-Beis Miriam in the Bronx, and Yeshiva Gedolah L’Mitzuyanim of South Fallsburg, New York. He left behind many writings in their original form, as well as a family of Torah scholars and roshei yeshiva.[2]
Notes
- ^ Meller, Shimon Yosef (2009). The Brisker Rav, The Life and Times of Maran HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Ze'ev HaLevi Soloveichik zt"l, Volume Two. Feldheim Publishers. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-59826-429-6.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "YUTorah Online Biography". YUTorah.org. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
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