Berel Soloveitchik

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 by	Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik
Succeeded by	Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveichik
Personal details
Born	1915 Brest, Belarus
Died	February 6, 1981 Jerusalem
Spouse	Ethel Weisnstein
Children	Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soleveitchik Rabbi Moshe Soleveitchik

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.

Notable students

• Elya Brudny, Rosh Yeshiva of Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn)|Mir Brooklyn^{[citation needed]}
• Avrohom Gurwicz, Rosh Yeshiva of Gateshead Talmudical College|Gateshead Talmudical College^{[citation needed]}
• Malkiel Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha|Beth Medrash Govoha^{[citation needed]}
• Uri Mayerfeld, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto|Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto^{[citation needed]}
• Yitzchok Sorotzkin,^[1] Rosh Yeshiva Telshe yeshiva
• Meir Stern, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic|Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic^{[citation needed]}
• Mordechai Beck, Rosh Yeshiva of Tiferes Moshe of Monsey^[2]

Family Tree

See also

• Haredi Judaism
• Torah study
• Daat Torah
• Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi)

References

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