Rav Binyomin Paler

Rav Binyomin Paler (1908-2000), a talmid muvhak of the Brisker Rav, Rav Yitzchak Zev HaLevi Soloveitchik. Born in Brisk, Rav Binyomin studied in Toras Chessed of Rav Moshe Sokolovski. In 1931, he transferred to the yeshiva of Rav Velvel Soloveitchik, the rav of Brisk. He traveled with the Mir yeshiva to Shanghai. After the war, he arrived in the United Sates and founded the Beis HaTalmud yeshiva in Brooklyn. In 1967, he founded the Mekor Chaim yeshiva, where he taught for over thirty years.