Berel Soloveitchik Explained

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.

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References

  1. Web site: Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin . TorahDownloads.com . 9 November 2020.
  2. Parashas Mordechai, Baba Metzia, p. 14