Yeshivat Nesher Hagadol

  With deep rabbinic lineage rooted in both Brisk and Kerestir, his future as a Torah leader was all but assured Do By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer 8 min read March 5, 2025 Share Title: Brisk for Hungarians Location: Netanya Document: Postcard Time: 1960s H ungary’s yeshivah world was a rich tapestry of institutions that wove together diverse communities, traditions, and learning styles. While Lithuanian-style yeshivos often dominate the narrative of prewar Torah learning, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia were also home to a robust yeshivah culture, shaped by the disciples of the Chasam Sofer and further enriched by chassidic influences. A short distance from Satmar, in the small town of Toshnad (Tășnad), a towering institution emerged — Yeshivas Maharam Brisk, named for its founder, Rav Mordechai Brisk (1886–1944). Though less known today, during its prime in the late 1930s, the yeshivah was among the largest and most prestigious in the region. A common misconception holds that th...

 

 

The Chasid Who Did Not Surrender > The Chilling Story of Rabbi Chaim Rizel Zt"l  

  Harav Elchonon Scheinerman, Zt”l By Peshie Needleman all credit goes to Peshie Needleman  & Hamodia Monday, June 19, 2017 at 2:55 pm | כ"ה סיון תשע"ז Harav Elchonon Scheinerman, zt”l Harav Elchonon Scheinerman was niftar at the age of 98 on Shabbos Parashas Shlach . He was one of the few remaining talmidim of Hagaon Harav Yeruchim Levovitz, zt”l, in the Mir. Rav Elchonon was one of the nine children in the Scheinerman family who grew up frum in Washington, D.C., in the 1920s. When the Depression hit, the family moved to New York, on the advice of Harav Yaakov Yosef Herman, zt”l . At the age of 15, Elchonon was sent to Mir in Lithuania. First he learned in Baranovitch, under Harav Elchonon Wasserman, zt”l, for two years and then learned in Mir for four years. He got semichah from the Mir and learned shechitah there as well. His original plan was to learn there for years, but when the War hit Europe, Reb Chaim Ozer advised the talmidim to escape to America. The ...