Berel Soloveitchik

Rabbi 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
Rabbi Berel Soleveichik (right) together with Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapiro
Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk
In office
October 12, 1959  February 6, 1981
Preceded byRabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik
Succeeded byRabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveichik
Personal details
Born1915
Brest, Belarus
DiedFebruary 6, 1981
Jerusalem
SpouseEthel Weisnstein
ChildrenRabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soleveitchik
Rabbi Moshe Soleveitchik

Notable students

  • Rabbi Elya Brudny, Rosh Yeshiva of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn)|Mir Brooklyn
  • Rabbi Kalman Epstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah- Grodno of Queens
  • Rabbi Avrohom Gurwicz, Rosh Yeshiva of Gateshead Talmudical College|Gateshead Talmudical College
  • Rabbi Malkiel Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha|Beth Medrash Govoha
  • Rabbi Uri Mayerfeld, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto|Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto
  • Rabbi Shimshon Dovid Pincus|Shimshon Dovid Pincus
  • Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin,[1] Rosh Yeshivas Telshe yeshiva
  • Rabbi Meir Stern, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic|Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic
  • Rabbi Elya Ber Wachtfogel, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe|Yeshiva of South Fallsburg
  • Rabbi Chaim Ozer Gorelick, Rosh Yeshiva
of Yeshiva Gedola of Spring Valley

Family Tree

See also

References

  1. "Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin". TorahDownloads.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.


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