Yitzchok Sorotzkin

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Avrohom Yitzchok Sorotzkin (born October 1945) is a prolific writer and former Rosh Yeshiva 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]

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Biography

Sorotzkin is the son of Rabbi 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 ] There he continues to teach students and publish his works.

Sorotzkin, in addition to having studied under his father, is also a student of Rabbi Berel Soloveitchik. [4]

Sorotzkin is the son-in-law of the late Rabbi Yecheskel Grubner, Chief Rabbi of Detroit. [5] Sorotzkin is also recognized world-wide as a lecturer and had delivered many keynote addresses and guest lectures. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Works

Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin has authored over seventy volumes of seforim, almost all of which are named one of the following two titles (this list is incomplete):

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