Shlomo Brevda Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Rabbi
Shlomo Leib Brevda
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. 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] 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.^[3] He was survived by his wife and their "six children, Reb Chaike, Reb Velvel, Reb Aharon, Rachel Altusky, Frume Yasolvsky and Estie Druk."^[4]

Works

• Miracles of Chanukah
• The Miracles of Purim^[5]

His first work, Ameilus HaTorah, was published anonymously.^[3]

External links

• , a website dedicated to his works and shiurim

Lectures

Shiurim by Brevda:

• Three lectures at TorahAnytime.com
• A lecture at Kol HaLashon

Notes and References

1. News: Sep 16, 2013. Year in Review 5773. Hamodia. 31.
2. Book: Class Acts 2 . 978-1-4226-1663-5 . Rabbi Nachman Seltzer . 2015 . 153.
3. Book: Encounters with Greatness . 2018 . . 978-1-4226-2049-6 . Rabbi Nachman Seltzer . Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis.
4. News: The Jewish Press. Rabbi Shlomo Brevda, Influential Torah Scholar, Passes Away. Rabbi Raphael Fuchs . January 16, 2013.
5. Book: 978-1-5086-9414-4 . The Miracles of Purim . Rabbi Shlomo Brevda. 22 November 2016 .