Brisker
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Brisker is Rabbinic name and Jewish surname of:
- Rev Chaim Brisker (Soloveitchik)Chaim SoloveitchikChaim Soloveitchik , also known as Reb Chaim Brisker, was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the popular Brisker approach to Talmudic study within Judaism. He was born in Volozhin in 1853, where his father, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik served as a lecturer in the famous...
(1853 1918), a rabbi and Talmudist- Brisk tradition and Soloveitchik dynasty ("Brisker")
- Brisker methodBrisker methodThe Brisker method, or Brisker derech, is a reductionistic approach to Talmud study innovated by Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk, as opposed to the traditional approach which was rather holistic. It has since become popular and spread to yeshivas around the world...
, a reductionistic approach to Talmud study innovated by Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk
- Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from Brisk") (1886, Valozhyn 1959)
- Gordon BriskerGordon BriskerGordon Brisker was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Brisker began on piano as a child, and studied reed instruments at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He played with Ralph Marterie before enrolling in the Berklee College of Music...
(1937, Cincinnati, Ohio 2004), an American jazz tenor saxophonist - John BriskerJohn BriskerJohn Brisker was an American professional basketball player who disappeared in Uganda in April 1978. He was declared legally dead in 1985.-Sports career:...
(born 1947, Detroit, Michigan), an American professional basketball player