Rabbi Berel (Yosef Dov) Soloveichik | |
Office: | Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk |
Term Start: | October 12, 1959 |
Term End: | February 6, 1981 |
Predecessor: | Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik |
Successor: | Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveichik |
Birth Date: | 1915 |
Birth Place: | Brest, Belarus |
Death Date: | February 6, 1981 |
Death Place: | 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.