Yitzchok Sorotzkin

Avrohom Yitzchok Sorotzkin 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]

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):

Rinas Yitzchok רנת יצחק (Commentaries to Torah (three separate editions), Neviim and Ketuvim (each book being a different volume), Commentary to the Siddur, Commentary to the Shabbat prayers, Commentary to Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur prayers)
Gevuras Yitzchok גבורת יצחק (Commentaries to various Talmudic tractates, Pirkei Avos, Chumash, Laws of Teshuva, Laws of Torah study, Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, and on the holidays of Sukkos, Chanukah, Purim, and Shavuoth.)

References

^ "Six Gedolim Added To Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah Of Agudas Yisroel". TheYeshivaWorld.com. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ By: The “Hamodia Staff” (September 14, 2020). "Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah Call on Community to Achieve Improvements; New Chavrei HaMoetzes Welcomed". Hamodia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Moetzes Agudas Yisroel To Host Worldwide Asifa". The Lakewood Scoop. October 24, 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin". TorahDownloads.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Rav Yechezkel Grubner zt"l - Matzav". matzav.com.
^ "Photos: Tiferes Devorah L'kallah Annual Dinner in Bais Faiga | Lakewood 24/6". www.lakewood246.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13.
^ "Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin to Address Bayswater Mesivta Parlor Meeting Tonight - Matzav". matzav.com.
^ http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5768/kisiso/agudaykkss68.htm ^{[dead link]}
^ "Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - NEWS". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
^ "Bonei Olam - Multimedia". boneiolam.org.
^ "Mesivta Keser Torah 23rd Dinner Tonight at Orchos Chaim Hall | Lakewood 24/6". www.lakewood246.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-16.
^ "Torah Connections Lectures For The Three Weeks". www.5tjt.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
^ "BM Central Jersey: Parlor meeting". theyeshivaworld.com. 28 December 2006.

External links

Audio: Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin On Purim
Some Audio Recordings of Rabbi Sorotzkin's Sermons

Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

Europe
World Agudath Israel

Past members	Avraham Mordechai Alter Meir Arik Dovid Bornsztain Shlomo Zalman Breuer Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Meir Simcha of Dvinsk Moshe Mordechai Epstein Avraham Yaakov Friedman Chaim Ozer Grodzinski Yisrael Meir Kagan Aharon Kotler Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern Meir Dan Plotzky Yitzhak Yaakov Rabinovich Sholom Dovber Schneersohn Meir Shapiro Chaim Soloveitchik Zalman Sorotzkin Yehuda Leib Tsirelson Shmuel Dovid Ungar Elchonon Wasserman Menachem Ziemba

Past members

Israel
Agudat Yisrael
Degel HaTorah

Past members	Pinchas Menachem Alter Simcha Bunim Alter Yisrael Alter Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Yosef Shalom Eliashiv Aryeh Finkel Nosson Tzvi Finkel Avraham Yaakov Friedman Avraham Yaakov Friedman Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Yisroel Moshe Friedman Levi Yitzchak Horowitz Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz Isser Zalman Meltzer Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Yitzchok Scheiner Elazar Menachem Shach Yitzchak Isaac Sher Yochanan Sofer Zalman Sorotzkin Dov Yaffe Shabsi Yogel Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Gershon Edelstein Baruch Weisbecker
Present members	Yaakov Aryeh Alter Nachum Dov Brayer Menachem Mendel Hager Yisroel Hager Zvi Elimelech Halberstam Mayer Alter Horowitz Yissachar Dov Rokeach Moshe Hillel Hirsch Dov Lando Baruch Dov Povarsky Yitzchok Zilberstein Eliezer Yehuda Finkel

Past members

Present members

United States
Agudath Israel of America

Past members	Dovid Feinstein Moshe Feinstein Mordechai Shlomo Friedman Mordechai Gifter Refael Reuvain Grozovsky Shlomo Heiman Levi Yitzchak Horowitz Yitzchok Hutner Yaakov Kamenetsky Chaim Mordechai Katz Aharon Kotler Shneur Kotler Avraham Yaakov Pam Yaakov Perlow Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman Gedalia Schorr Eliezer Silver Joseph B. Soloveitchik Baruch Sorotzkin Yisrael Spira Elya Svei Mendel Zaks Aaron Schechter
Present members	Elya Brudny Hillel David Aharon Feldman Yosef Chaim Frankel Aharon Dovid Goldberg Yaakov Horowitz Shmuel Kamenetsky Malkiel Kotler Shlomo Miller Yerucham Olshin Yosef Harari Raful Yitzchok Sorotzkin Shimon Yehuda Svei

Past members