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Berel

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Berel is a masculine given name which may refer to:

  • Berel Lang (born 1933), American historian and author
  • Berel Lazar (born 1964), Orthodox rabbi, one of two claimants to the title "Chief Rabbi of Russia"
  • Dov Schwartzman (1921–2011), also called Berel Schwartzman, Russian-born American Haredi Jewish rabbi, educator and Talmudic scholar
  • Berel Soloveitchik (1915–1981), a Rosh Yeshiva ("head of the yeshiva") of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Berel Wein (born 1934), American-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi, scholar, lecturer and writer

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