Soloveitchik ( he, סולובייצ'יק yi, סאָלאָווייטשיק) (also Soloveichik) is a surname. The name is a diminutive form of the

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

word соловей, "nightingale", since the Soloveitchiks are a family of

Levite Levites (or Levi) (, he, ''Lǝvīyyīm'') are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew de ...

s, who are commanded by the

Torah The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the ...

to sing in the

Beit Hamikdash The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple (; , ), refers to the two now-destroyed religious structures that served as the central places of worship for Israelites and Jews on the modern-day Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusa ...

. It is notably the name of a rabbinic family descended from

Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (born 1820 in Nesvizh, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire; died May 1, 1892 in Brest-Litovsk, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire) was the author of Beis Halevi, by which name he is better known among Talmudic scholars. He w ...

(1820-1892). Members include: * Ahron Soloveichik (1917–2001) * Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik * Bar Soloveychik (born 2000), Israeli swimmer * Berel Soloveitchik (1915–1981) * Chaim Soloveitchik (1853–1918) * Eliyahu Soloveitchik (Elijah Zevi) (1805–1881) * Haym Soloveitchik (born 1937), American *

Joseph B. Soloveitchik Joseph Ber Soloveitchik ( he, יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ׳יק ''Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveychik''; February 27, 1903 – April 9, 1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion ...

(1903–1993), American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. * Max Soloveichik (1883-1957), Lithuanian-Jewish Zionist activist, journalist, and a politician *

Meir Soloveichik Meir Yaakov Soloveichik (born July 29, 1977) is an American Orthodox rabbi and writer. He is the son of Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik, grandson of Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik; and a great nephew of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the leader of American J ...

(born 1977), American * Moshe Soloveichik (1879–1941) * Moshe Soloveitchik (Zurich) (1914-1995) * Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (1921-2021) *

Peter Salovey Peter Salovey (; born February 21, 1958) is an American social psychologist and current President of Yale University. He previously served as Yale's Provost, Dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Dean of Yale College. Salovey i ...

(born 1958) (unlike the other names listed here, Salovey is not a descendant of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, but rather of his uncle Eliyahu Zevi) *

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 Jose ...

(1909–1967) *

Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik Yitzchok Zev Halevi Soloveitchik (Hebrew: יצחק זאב הלוי סולובייצ'יק), also known as Velvel Soloveitchik ("Zev" means "wolf" in Hebrew, and "Velvel" is the diminutive of "wolf" in Yiddish) or the Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from ...

(1886–1959) *

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TheRav.Net Resources on Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt'l
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