Dovid Kviat

Rabbi Dovid Kviat (December 6, 1920, Białystok, Poland[1] – November 11, 2009,[2] Brooklyn, New York, United States) was a Rosh Yeshiva in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn and the Rabbi of the Agudas Yisroel Synagogue of 18th Avenue.

Rabbi Kviat was one of the last "Alte Mirrer", the title given to those who studied in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Poland, and who survived the hands of the Nazis by fleeing with the entire Yeshiva[2] through Siberia to Kobe, Japan[3] (through the efforts of Chiune Sugihara); and on to Shanghai, China.

Reb Dovid's two older brothers continued after Mesivta in the Slonimer Yeshiva called Toras Chesed.

Rabbi Kviat is most famous for his works on the Talmud entitled "Sukas Dovid."

Rav Kviat has written commentaries on the bible and the Jewish holidays, also named "Sukas Dovid.