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3 unusual facts about Berel


Berel

Berel Soloveitchik, a leading Rosh Yeshiva ("head of the yeshiva") of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel

Berel Wein, American-born Orthodox rabbi, scholar, lecturer, and writer

Berel Lazar, Orthodox rabbi, one of two claimants to the title "Chief Rabbi of Russia"


National Sovereignty Party of Russia

In response, representatives of the party filed a lawsuit for libel and demanded to recover from Berel Lazar 1.3 million rubles In 2004 the court ordered Berel Lazar to apologize and pay damages of 100 rubles.

Pazyryk culture

Other kurgan cemeteries associated with the culture include those of Bashadar, Tuekta, Ulandryk, Polosmak and Berel.

Richard Tucker

A devoted but strict patriarch, Tucker oversaw the religious development of his three sons (Berel Barry Tucker, b. 1938; David N. Tucker, M.D., b. 1941; and Henry R. Tucker, b. 1946), and arranged for them to sing with him on a popular television program hosted by Sam Levenson in the early 1950s.

Zalman Moishe HaYitzchaki

Reb Zalman Moishe was born in Nevel, Russia, to his father, Reb Dovber ("Berel Der Shoichet"), who was the Chabad shochet in Nevel.


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