Moshe Soloveichik (1879 in Valozhyn – January 31, 1941) was an Orthodox

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as '' semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form o ...

. He was the eldest son of renowned Rabbi

Chaim Soloveitchik Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik (Yiddish: חיים סאָלאָווייטשיק, pl, Chaim Sołowiejczyk), also known as Reb Chaim Brisker (1853 – 30 July 1918), was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the popular Brisker appr ...

and grandson of the Beis HaLevi. He married Pesya Feinstein, daughter of the renowned Rabbi of Pruzany, Rabbi Eliyahu Feinstein, and first cousins with Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. At the age of 31, he was appointed rabbi of the town of Raseiniai, a position he held for three years. He also was the dean of a yeshiva in the town that Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel of Slabodka was instrumental in founding. In 1913, he took the position of rabbi of Khislavichi. After

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, he went to

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in 1920, and served as the director of Talmud studies at Tachkemoni Rabbinical Seminary in Warsaw. From there he immigrated to New York in 1929, answering the call of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel to join the faculty as a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. While Soloveichik was in New York City, his eldest son, Rabbi Yosef Dov was working on his PhD in philosophy at the

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, which he completed in 1931. The following year, Yosef Dov (often referred to by his students as "The Rav" or Rav Yoshe Ber) moved to

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and became head of the Orthodox Jewish community there. When Soloveichik died in 1941 at the age of 62, Yosef Dov was asked to fill his father's place. His funeral at RIETS was attended by more than 4,000 mourners and he was eulogized by Rabbi Moshe Rosen on behalf of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis as well as his cousin Moshe Feinstein and other important rabbinic leaders. Soloveichik's two younger sons were Rabbi

Ahron Soloveichik Ahron (Aaron) Soloveichik ( he, אהרן סולובייצ'יק; May 1, 1917 – October 4, 2001) was a renowned Orthodox ''rosh yeshiva'', and scholar of Talmud and ''halakha''. Biography The youngest of five children, Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik wa ...

(1917–2001), who also taught at RIETS, and Dr.

Samuel Soloveichik Dr. Samuel (Shmuel Yaakov) Soloveichik (1909 – February 25, 1967) was an Orthodox Jewish chemist and talmudist. Early life Born in Pruzhany, Samuel Soloveichik was the second son of Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik. He was the brother of rabbis Joseph ...

(1909–1967) who taught

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at Yeshiva College. He also had two daughters: Shulamit Soloveitchik Meiselman (1912–2009), and Dr. Anne Soloveitchik Gerber (1913-2011).

Students

In Europe

*Rabbi

Yehuda David Goldman Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Ju ...

*Rabbi

Dovid Leibowitz Dovid Leibowitz (1887–1941) was a leading rabbi and disciple of prewar Europe's Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania, who went on to found the Rabbinical Seminary of America, better known today as "Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen" or the ''"Cho ...

In America

*Rabbi Jacob B. Agus *Rabbi Abraham Avrutick *Rabbi

Moshe Zvi Aryeh Bick Moses ( el, Μωϋσῆς),from Latin and Greek Moishe ( yi, משה),from Yiddish Moshe ( he, מֹשֶׁה),from Modern Hebrew or Movses (Armenian: Մովսես) from Armenian is a male given name, after the biblical figure Moses. According to t ...

*Rabbi Sam Genauer *Rabbi Mordechai Gifter *Rabb Bernard Lander *Rabbi Mordechai Kirshblum *Rabbi Sydney Kleiman *Rabbi Dr. Moses Mescheloff *Rabbi Moshe Horowitz

*Rabbi Avigdor Miller *Rabbi Emanuel Rackman *Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg *Rabbi Yisroel Shurin *Rabbi Yehuda Davis *Rabbi Melech Schachter

*Rabbi Nosson Meir Wachtfogel *Rabbi A. Joseph Weiss *Rabbi Louis (Eliezer) Werfel *Rabbi

Chaim Zimmerman Aharon Chaim Zimmerman (1914 – March 9, 1995) (7th Adar II 5755) was a Ukrainian-born American Orthodox rabbi. Biography Aharon Chaim Zimmerman was born in Konotop, Ukraine. He was the son of Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Zimmerman and nephew of Rabbi Ba ...

Brisk family tree

Publications

HaPardes, No. 14 Vol. 2 1940 May: לכבוד חג הסמיכה (Address To Rabbinic Graduates)

HaNe'eman, Vol. 28 No. 53 Elul 5739 (1939): בדין רודף והבא במחתרת

External links and references

geocities

* "The Rav: The World of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik" By Rabbi Dr.

Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff (born December 2, 1937) is Professor of Rabbinic Literature at Yeshiva University's Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute in Jerusalem. He is a noted scholar, author and teacher who has taught thousands of students thr ...