Sholom Noach Berezovsky

Sholom Noach Berezovsky was born in 1911 in Baranavichy

Berezovsky was born in 1911 in Baranavichy, today in Belarus. His father, Rabbi Moshe Avrohom Berezovsky, headed the local Jewish community. His mother Tzvia was a descendant of the family of the founder of the Slonim Hasidic dynasty.

He studied at the Slonim yeshiva Toras Chessed in Baranavichy. From about 1930 he wrote down the Sabbath teachings of Rebbe Avraham Weinberg, later published as Beis Avrohom. He received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Meir Karelitz.

In 1933 he married Chava, daughter of Rabbi Avraham Weinberg of Tiberias, and in 1935 he settled in Tiberias. In 1940 he became head of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Tel Aviv. He then founded the Beit Avraham yeshiva of Slonim in Jerusalem and led it for 39 years.

In 1981 he became the Slonim rebbe, succeeding his father-in-law. He served on the Council of Torah Sages and later left it, staying out of the dispute between Lithuanian and Hasidic groups. He opposed giving parts of the Land of Israel to Arabs.

He died in 2000 and was buried on the Mount of Olives. His son Shmuel succeeded him as rebbe.