Background
Gorelick was born in Slutzk in 1911 to Rabbi Avrohom Moshe, the son-in-law of Rabbi Yerucham of Dubrov.
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Yerucham Gorelick
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Afterwards, he studied in Brisk for five years under Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik until the outbreak of World World War World War II
Career
Rabbi Yerucham of Dubrov, his namesake, was close to the Beis HaLevi, and earned the nickname, "Rav Yerucham Charif" (the Sharp One). Rabbi Avrohom Moshe served as rav in several towns in Poland. In 1927, when the Bolsheviks were persecuting the rabbis, the family immigrated to, but Rabbi Gorelick stayed behind in In his early youth, Gorelick learned in the Lomza Yeshiva, and then spent ten years in the Chofetz Chaim"s yeshiva in Radin, where he learned with Rabbi Naftoli Trop and Rabbi Moshe Landynski.
In 1940-1941, Gorelick escaped from to Japan.
He arrived in just before entered the war in December 1941. He first served as rebbe at Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem and involved himself in relief efforts.
In 1943, Gorelick was appointed a rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University"s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary where he taught Torah to thousands of students until his death. He served as rabbi in the Bronx, establishing: Beis Yaakov Beis Miriam in the Bronx.
Yeshiva Gedolah L’Mitzuyanim of South Fallsburg, New New York
And Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe of Bronx, which later moved to its permanent home in South Fallsburg, New York on the site of the former Laurel Park Hotel, which the Rabbi purchased on behalf on the Yeshiva. He left behind many writings in their original form, as well as a family of Torah scholars and roshei yeshiva.
