Rabbi Shaul Brus

שאול ב"ר מנחם מנדל

Date of Death: Wed. June 11, 2008 - Sivan 7 5768

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Directions to Kever: Mount Judah Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Judah Road last section before Sinai Avenue, left side, Section T: 5, across the path from Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky

Name Listed on Cemetery Database: BRUS, SZOEL (RABBI)

Biographical Notes:

Rav Brus was born in Savin, Poland, his father was a Trisker chossid. He entered Pinsker Yeshiva at the age of 11 and soon after the Kaminetzer Yeshiva where he was among the youngest students of Rav Baruch Ber Lebowitz (1864-1939). Exiled to Siberia during the Holocaust, he miraculously survived and immigrated to the United States where the Rav became a member of the Kaminetzer Kollel on the Lower East Side. He was then invited to lecture at Yeshiva Beis HaTalmud, where he taught for more than 55 years. In addition, the Rav delivered regular lectures at the Kapishnietzer Beis Medrash in Boro Park. Rav Brus who authored Minchas Shaul was always at his gemara and never attended any public gatherings.

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