Berel Soloveitchik
Berel (Yosef Dov) Soloveichik (1915–1981) was a rabbi and the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik and one of the leading Rosh Yeshivas ("heads of the yeshiva") of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem. He was a first cousin to Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, who was named after the Beis HaLevi, like himself. Rabbi Soloveichik was succeeded as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk in Jerusalem by his son Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveichik.
Rabbi Berel (Yosef Dov) Soloveichik | |
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 Rabbi Berel Soleveichik (right) together with Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapiro | |
| Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk | |
| In office October 12,1959 – February 6, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik |
| Succeeded by | Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveichik |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1916 Brest, Belarus |
| Died | February 6, 1981 Jerusalem |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel Weisnstein |
| Children | Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soleveitchik Rabbi Moshe Soleveitchik |
Notable Students
- Rabbi Avraham Ausband, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni
- Rabbi Kalman Epstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah
- Rabbi Avrohom Gurwicz
- Rabbi Yosef Mermelstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Novominsk
- Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus
- Rabbi Yosef Savitsky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas
- Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin[1]
- Rabbi Meir Stern
- Rabbi Elya Ber Wachtfogel, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe
Family Tree
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