Rabbi Dovid Kviat is a leading Torah Teacher. term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to He is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei Torah, he has written over forty scholarly books, he is a Rosh Yeshiva in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn and the Moreh D’Asrah, Rabbi, of the Agudas Yisroel Synagogue of 18th Avenue. Rosh yeshiva, ( pl. Heb. Roshei yeshiva; Yeshivish Rosh yeshivas) (ראש ישיבה is the title given to the dean of Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Agudath Israel of America (or Agudas Yisroel of America or Agudat Yisrael of America or simply the Agudah is [[Hebrew language|Hebrew] for "gathering"
Rabbi Kviat is also one of the few surviving Mir Alumnus who studied in Mirrer Poland and made their way to Kobe Japan, then Shanghai China through the efforts of Sugihara.
Rabbi Kviat is most famous for his works on the Talmud entitled “Sukas Dovid. ” In the later years Rav Kviat has written commentaries on the bible and the Jewish holidays. For the Gregorian dates of Jewish Holidays see Jewish holidays 2000-2050. They are also called “Sukas Dovid. ”
Rabbi Kviat’s father was Rav Avrohom Eliever Kviat. Rav Avrohom Eliezer was a student of both the Slabodka Yeshiva as well as the Novardiker Yeshiva in Europe, although he was a Slonimer Chasid. Slabodka yeshiva, also known as Knesses Yisroel, and later as Hebron Yeshiva or Yeshivas Hevron, was known colloquially as the "mother of Yeshivas Rav Dovid had two older brothers, Yaakov and Yisroel. Reb Dovid was born in Bialystok, Poland, which was then called White Russia. " White Russia " (Белая Русь ~ White Ruthenia is a name that has historically been applied to various regions in Eastern Europe, most often
The Kviat family was extremely poor as were most residents of Bialystok at the time. When Reb Dovid was three years old his mother, Chaya Reisha a”h, passed away. Reb Dovid’s aunt helped take care of him after that.
The Torah education system in Bialystok was unique in that the Cheder and the Mesivta Yeshiva were both in the same city and under the same educational system. Most other cities only had a cheder.
Reb Dovid’s two older brothers continued after Mesivta in the Slominer Yeshiva called Toras Chesed. For some reason, Reb Dovid chose to go to one of the Litvisha Yeshivos instead of the Slominer Yeshiva. The choices were between Kaminetz and Mir. Reb Dovid chose Mir.
Reb Dovid’s family was so poor that they could not even afford the train ticket from Bialystok to Mir. He only arrived home on Passover.
References
- The information contained here is from an upcoming article in the Five Towns Jewish Times by the author
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