Shlomo Leib Brevda (1931 – January 2013) was an American-born

rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t ...

, inspirational Torah leader and ''

mashpia Mashpia () or feminine Mashpi'oh lit. "person of influence", pl. Mashpi'im () is the title of a rabbi who serves as a spiritual mentor in a Hasidic Jewish yeshiva. This title is also used in Breslov Hasidic movements, who have no rebbe. Previo ...

'' 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 A mashgiach ruchani (; pl., ''mashgichim ruchani'im''), sometimes mashgiach for short, is a spiritual supervisor or guide. They are usually a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yesh ...

''. In the 1950s he moved to Israel. Much of Shlomo's writing was about '' musar'' and ''the

Vilna Gaon Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, ( ''Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman''), also known as the Vilna Gaon ( ''Der Vilner Goen''; ; or Elijah of Vilna, or by his Hebrew acronym Gr"a ("Gaon Rabbenu Eliyahu": "Our great teacher Elijah"; Sialiec, April 23, 172 ...

'', of whom he was a descendant. He was survived by his wife and their "six children, Reb Chaike, Reb Velvel, Reb Aharon, Rachel Altusky, Frume Yasolvsky and Estie Druk."

Works

* ''Miracles of Chanukah'' * ''The Miracles of Purim'' His first work, ''Ameilus HaTorah'', was published anonymously.

References

External links

* , a website dedicated to his works and ''

shiur A shiur (, , ; , ) is a lecture given any Torah-related topic of study, such as Gemara, Mishnah, ''Halakha'' (Jewish law), or Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), usually given in a yeshiva, though commonly in other Jewish communal settings. Histor ...

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Lectures

Shiur A shiur (, , ; , ) is a lecture given any Torah-related topic of study, such as Gemara, Mishnah, ''Halakha'' (Jewish law), or Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), usually given in a yeshiva, though commonly in other Jewish communal settings. Histor ...

im'' by Brevda:
Three lectures at TorahAnytime.com

A lecture at Kol HaLashon
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