Brisker Explained

Brisker (yi|בריסק) is Rabbinic name and Jewish surname of:

• Reb Chaim Brisker (Soloveitchik) (1853–1918), rabbi and Talmudist
  • Brisk tradition and Soloveitchik dynasty ("Brisker")
  • Brisker method (yi-Latn|Brisker derekh), a reductionistic approach to Talmud study innovated by Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk
• - One of the founders of Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan
• - writer, playwright, journalist, radio broadcaster and Hebrew editor
• Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from Brisk") (1886 in Valozhyn – 1959)
• Gordon Brisker (1937–2004), American jazz tenor saxophonist
• Jaquan Brisker (born 1999), American football player
• John Brisker (born 1947), American basketball player
• Mark Brisker (born 1969), American-Israeli basketball player
• Michael Brisker (born 1998), Israeli basketball player