Rabbi Simcha Hagadol HaKohen Rappaport (

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: שמחה הכהן ראפאפארט; b. 1650 - August 4, 1718) was a 17th-century Ukrainian rabbi and progenitor of the Rappaport rabbinic dynasties. Born in about 1650 in

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. His father, Rabbi Nachman Lipshitz (Rappaport) was a Rabbi in the city of

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, Kremnitz,

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, and Av Beit Din in

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. He was a direct descendant of

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HSofer (From Father to son), He was also a descendant of the MaHaRam through his mother. In his early years Rappaport studied in L'viv. In 1688 he was appointed the

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of Horodna. After the passing of the Chacham Tzvi he was appointed to be Av Bris Din of Levov, although he died on the way there on August 4, 1718 in

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. The

Soloveitchik dynasty The Soloveitchik dynasty of rabbinic scholars and their students originated the Brisker method of Talmudic study, which is embraced by their followers in the Brisk yeshivas. It is so called because of the Soloveitchiks' origin in the town of Br ...

says Rappaport is a notable ancestor and progenitor.{{Cite web, title=Rabbi Simcha Hagadol HaKohen Rappaport, A.B.D. Lwow, url=https://www.geni.com/people/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%92%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%94%D7%9F-%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98-%D7%A8%D7%91-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%93%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%90-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%90-%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F/6000000000061317252, access-date=2020-06-09, website=geni_family_tree, language=en-US

Notable descendants

Chaim Soloveitchik Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik (Yiddish: חיים סאָלאָווייטשיק, ), also known as Chaim Brisker (1853 – 30 July 1918), was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the Brisker method of Talmudic study within Judaism ...

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Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik Yitzchok Zev Halevi Soloveitchik (), also known as Velvel Soloveitchik ("Zev" means "wolf" in Hebrew, and "Velvel" is the Diminutive#Yiddish, diminutive of "wolf" in Yiddish language, Yiddish) or the Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from Brest, Belarus, Br ...

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Berel Soloveichik 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. ...

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Ahron Soloveichik Ahron (Aaron) Soloveichik (; 1918 – October 4, 2001) was an Orthodox Jewish ''rosh yeshiva'' (seminary dean) and scholar of Talmud and ''halakha''. Biography The youngest of five children, Ahron Soloveichik was born to Moshe Soloveichik in ...

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 Josep ...

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Haym Soloveitchik Haym Soloveitchik (; born September 19, 1937) is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi and historian. He is the only son of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He graduated from the Maimonides School which his father founded in Brookline, Massachusetts ...

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Mosheh Lichtenstein Mosheh Lichtenstein (; born July 7, 1961) is a co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion located in Alon Shvut. He is the eldest son of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Dr. Tovah Soloveitchik. Biography Mosheh Lichtenstein came on Aliyah with his fam ...

* Mayer Twersky *

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 ...

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Pinchas Horowitz Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz (c. 1731 – July 1, 1805), also known as the Baal Hafla'ah, was a rabbi and Talmudist. Life The descendant of a long line of rabbinical ancestors and the son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Horowitz of Chortkiv, he received a ...

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1650 births 1718 deaths Ukrainian rabbis 17th-century Ukrainian people