Rav Baruch Halevi Epstein

Rav Baruch Halevi Epstein (1860-1941) was the son of Rav Yechiel Michel Epstein, the Rav of Novorodok and author of Aruch HaShulchan. Rav Epstein grew up in Novarodok, moved to Pinsk and was a student at the Volozhin Yeshiva under his uncle the “Netziv,” Rav Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin. During a brief stint in the United States (1923-26), he served as Director of the Ezras Torah Fund, which assisted roshei yeshivot and yeshivot worldwide. Rav Epstein was best known as the author of Torah Temimah, a commentary on the Torah. His other published works included: Baruch she-Amar, a commentary on the siddur, and Mekor Baruch, an autobiographical work with notes on the Volozhin Yeshiva.

In Israel, Jews have many historical sites they can visit, such as the Kotel, Mearas Hamachpela and Kever Rachel. Throughout the world there are many thriving shuls, Yeshivos and places where a Jew can feel part of the Jewish nation.

But where can Jews go to in Belarus? They can visit the gravesites and hear about the greatness of the Gedolim who were buried in the country, see the run-down exterior of Yeshivos and light a candle at the mass burial sites of Jews that were murdered during the Holocaust.

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Yeshiva Eitz Chaim Volozhin is being renovated so the torch of Yiddishkeit will once again shine from within these four walls. Yad Yisroel, who does Kiruv in Belarus, together with the Union of Religious Congregations of the Republic of Belarus, aspire to give Jews a place they can go to in order to feel their Yiddishkeit, where they will experience the ambience of being a Jew, learn more about their Jewish heritage and stand in a building where such Gedolim once stood.

Rav Baruch Halevi Epstein

In partnership with the Union of Religious Jewish Congregations of the Republic of Belarus

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