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
  • Avrohom Gurwicz, Rosh Yeshiva of Gateshead Talmudical College|Gateshead Talmudical College
  • Malkiel Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha|Beth Medrash Govoha
  • Uri Mayerfeld, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto|Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Toronto
  • Yitzchok Sorotzkin, Rosh Yeshiva Telshe yeshiva
  • Meir Stern, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic|Yeshiva Gedola of Passaic
  • Mordechai Beck, Rosh Yeshiva of Tiferes Moshe of Monsey

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See also