Background
Reb Boruch Ber, as he is called by his students and followers, was born in Slutsk and was known as a prodigy at a very young age.
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He was sent to learn in Volozhin yeshiva. After having a difficult time conflicting with the methods of the Rosh Yeshiva, he adopted the Talmudic approach of Chaim Brisker. He also served as a pulpit Rabbi for other communities.
In 1904 he was appointed head of the Kneseth Beis Yitzchak Yeshiva in Slobodka.
During World War I he had to leave Slabodka and relocated the yeshiva to Minsk and then to Kremenchug and Vilna. In 1926 he re-established the yeshiva in Kaminetz, where it continued to attract hundreds of students for the next 13 years.
In 1939, shortly before his death, he fled with the yeshiva to a suburb of Vilna, hoping to escape from the Nazis and the communists. He is buried at the Zaretcha cemetery, Vilna.
His grave was identified in 2012.
