Rav Elya Meir Sorotzkin - Bio

A life of love for Torah and talmidim He was a self-made man. Yes, he came from a princely family of Torah greatness. Yes, he was endowed with superb intellect. But perhaps it can be said that Rav Elya Meir Sorotzkin soared to greatness despite these unique qualities, not because of them! Because his was a life of constant growth.The fact that he was gifted never stopped him from trying even harder. As a young bachur, he understood that he would only be able to truly grow in Torah away from home in Telshe Cleveland. Only when he was just another talmid, not as the son of the Rosh Yeshiva. Nothing could stop him, not homesickness, not a different culture, nothing. Rather, his challenges built him.That is the person you will meet in this book, Rav Elya Meir Sorotzkin.He became a rosh yeshiva at a very young age and, with “blood, sweat and tears,” as he would often say, built the yeshiva into one of America’s premier institutions. More: He built individual talmidim. Because he personally