Rav Boruch Rosenberg, Rosh Yeshiva of Kenesses Yisrael, Slabodka, in Bnei Brak, was born in Moholiev, Russia, to Rav Gershon Chanoch Rosenberg, whose father, Rav Michel Yechiel Rosenberg, was one of Rav Chaim Brisker’s chavrusos. In his teens, Rav Boruch attended Mir, where he became close to Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz and Rav Yechezkel Levenstein. During World War II, Rav Boruch went to Vilna, and then to Shanghai with the Yeshiva. In 1950, he continued his studies in Mir Yerushalayim. The year after his chasuna, he accepted an invitation to be Maggid Shiur at the Slabodka Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, where he stayed for fifty years.
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