Kuntresi Shiurim of Rabbi Y.Z. Gustman Zts"l


HaRav Yisrael Zeev Gustman Z'tsl was one of the outstanding figures in the Rabbinic world in Lithuania, the U.S. and Israel of the last generation. While studying with Rabbi Shimon Shkop at Grodno he became the son-in-law of Rav Mayer Bessin the Rosh Yeshiva of Ramailes in Vilna and a Dayan on the Bes Din of Rav Haim Ozer, the Rav of Vilna, all  before his 20th birthday. During the war he hid from the Nazis with the partisans in the forests and became the Rav of  the remnant of Vilna after the war. In 1949 he was able to escape to the US where he reestablished his Yeshiva in Crown Heights. In 1970 he moved the Yeshiva to Rehavia in Jerusalem where it continues today.

Kuntresei Sheurim is an edited and expanded version of his weekly Sheurim (classes) which set forth a new concept in Talmud study. His analysis is topical and far ranging as  his Rebbe's, Rav Shimon, but his conceptul approach to Sugias is unique - each topic is examined in its entirety following a logical sequence of its elements.

To all the students and admirers of Rabbi Yisroel Zeev Gustman Z'tsl

A memorial volume is now being prepared and edited about the Rosh Yeshiva's life. We are collecting stories, Divrei Torah, vignettes and photographs of the Rosh Yeshiva Zts"l.
 
If you have materials or recollections to share please contact the committee for the Rabbi Gustman memorial volume c/o: