Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik

Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik was the fifth of twelve children and the third son born to Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik and Alte Hindl, daughter of Chaim Auerbach (not to be confused with Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach).[4] His exact date of his birth is unknown, but it is known that his older brother Chaim was born in January 1920 and his younger brother Refoel Yehoshua was born in Spring 1924. Some sources state his birth on 19 Tishrei 5682 which would be 21 October 1921.[5] He was named Meshulam after his maternal great grandfather, Meshulam Auerbach, who proposed the shidduch between his granddaughter and the son of Chaim Soloveitchik.[6] He learned in the Kamenitz Yeshiva by Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibovitz. At 19 years old Soloveitchik emigrated to Mandatory Palestine with his father during World War II, and they settled in Jerusalem. He married Yehudis[7] the daughter of Asher Sternbuch of London.[8] He was the brother-in-law of Moishe Sternbuch and Chanoch Ehrentreu.

Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik with students

In the late 1970s, Soloveitchik opened his yeshiva in the Gush Shemonim section of the Givat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem.

He did not personally publish any works on the Talmud, but many of his works have been published by his students, especially in the latest Mishor prints of his father's works. He rarely gave approbations to new books.

Soloveitchik was considered by Briskers to be one of the last authentic remnants of a pre-World War II Jewish Lithuania, and is often quoted for his memories of his father's and grandfather's lives and teachings.[9][10][11][12]

Soloveitchik's eldest son, Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (II), who is the son in-law of Rabbi Berel Povarsky, was a maggid shiur (lecturer) in his father's yeshiva.[13] When Meshulam Dovid died, Yitzchok Zev became the rosh yeshiva. [2]

Soloveitchik's daughter Hendel[7] is married to Nechemya Kaplan, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTalmud in Jerusalem.[14]

He died from COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel on 31 January 2021 at the age of 99.[15] Ten thousand[16] mourners turned out to attend his funeral. He was buried beside his father (Yitzchok Zev "Velvel" Soloveitchik) on Har Hamenuchos.[2]

It was announced at the funeral, that in accordance with the wishes of the deceased, his oldest son, Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik will succeed his father as Rosh Yeshiva of Brisk.[2]

• Shiurei Rabbeinu Meshulam Dovid HaLevi (written by students):
  • Nazir
  • Arachin
  • Zevachim Part 1
  • Zevachim Part 2
  • Zevachim Part 3
• Al Hatorah (2 Vol.)
• Drashos Mussar U'Tefila
• מאמר שעת השמד [Speech Against the Impending Draft of Bnei Torah]

• Rabbi Eliezer Geldzahler (1958-2004), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel in Brooklyn New York.[17]
• Rabbi Chaim Yosef Goldberg (1948-2016), a renowned philanthropist[18] in Israel.[19][20][21]
• Rabbi Yitzchok Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas[22]
• Rabbi Moshe Twersky (1955-2014)[23]
• Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman, av beit din of the Federation of Synagogues in London

• rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik Stories about his father with reb yonatan shtencel
• Meller, Rabbi Shimon Yosef (2007). The Brisker Rav: The life and times of Maran HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Ze'ev HaLevi Soloveichik, zt"l. Feldheim Publishers. ISBN 978-1-58330-969-8.