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
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
Born1916
Brest, Belarus
DiedFebruary 6, 1981
Jerusalem
Spouse(s)Ethel Weisnstein
ChildrenRabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soleveitchik
Rabbi Moshe Soleveitchik

Notable Students

Family Tree

See also

References

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


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