0% found this document useful (0 votes)

173 views6 pages

Moshe Soloveichik (1879 in

Uploaded by

Matei

We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.

Available Formats

Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

0% found this document useful (0 votes)

173 views6 pages

Moshe Soloveichik (1879 in

Uploaded by

Matei

We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.

Available Formats

Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

You are on page 1/ 6

Moshe Soloveichik

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to navigationJump to search

Moshe Soloveichik (1879 in Valozhyn – January 31, 1941), was an Orthodox rabbi. He was the eldest son
of renowned Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik and grandson of the Beis HaLevi. He married Pesya Feinstein,
daughter of the renowned Rabbi of Pruzany, Rabbi Eliyahu Feinstein, and first cousins with Rabbi Moshe
Feinstein.

At the age of 31, he was appointed rabbi of the town of Raseiniai, a position he held for three years. He
also was the dean of a yeshiva in the town which the Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel of Slabodka was
instrumental in founding. In 1913, he took the position of rabbi of Khislavichi. After World War I, he
went to Poland in 1920, and served as the director of Talmud studies at Tachkemoni Rabbinical
Seminary in Warsaw. From there he immigrated to New York in 1929, answering the call of Rabbi
Dr. Bernard Revel to join the faculty as a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological
Seminary of Yeshiva University.

While Soloveichik was in New York City, his eldest son, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik was working on his
PhD in philosophy at the University of Berlin, which he completed in 1931. The following year, Rabbi
Yosef Dov (often referred to by his students as "The Rav" or Rav Yoshe Ber) moved to Boston and
became head of the Jewish community there.

When Soloveichik died in 1941 at the age of 62, his son Rabbi Yosef Dov was asked to fill his father's
place.

His funeral at RIETS was attended by more than 4,000 mourners and he was eulogized by Rabbi Moshe
Rosen on behalf of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis as well as his cousin Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and other
important rabbinic leaders.

Soloveichik's two younger sons were Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik (1917–2001), who also taught at RIETS,
and Dr. Samuel Soloveichik (1909–1967) who taught chemistry at Yeshiva College. He also had two
daughters: Mrs. Shulamit Soloveitchik Meiselman (1912–2009), and Dr. Anne Soloveitchik Gerber (1913-
2011).

Contents

 1Students

o 1.1In Europe

o 1.2In America

 2Brisk family tree

 3See also

 4Publications
 5External links and references

Students[edit]

In Europe[edit]

 Rabbi Yehuda David Goldman

 Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz

In America[edit]

 Rabbi Jacob B. Agus

 Rabbi Moshe Zvi Aryeh Bick

 Rabbi Sam Genauer

 Rabbi Mordechai Gifter

 Rabbi Mordechai Kirshblum

 Rabbi Dr. Moses Mescheloff

 Rabbi Moshe Horowitz

 Rabbi Avigdor Miller

 Rabbi Emanuel Rackman

 Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg

 Rabbi Yisroel Shurin

 Rabbi Yehuda Davis

 Rabbi Melech Schachter

 Rabbi Nosson Meir Wachtfogel

 Rabbi A. Joseph Weiss

 Rabbi Louis (Eliezer) Werfel

 Rabbi Chaim Zimmerman

Brisk family tree[edit]

show

 v

 t

 e
Brisker family tree

 Brisk yeshivas and methods

Publications[edit]

 [1] HaPardes, No. 14 Vol. 2 1940 May: ‫( לכבוד חג הסמיכה‬Address To Rabbinic Graduates)

 [2] HaNe'eman, Vol. 28 No. 53 Elul 5739 (1939): ‫בדין רודף והבא במחתרת‬

External links and references[edit]

 geocities

 bartleby

 jewishvirtuallibrary

 "The Rav: The World of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik" By Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-
Rothkoff (ISBN 0-88125-614-5 & ISBN 0-88125-615-3)

 [3]

nan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University

0000 6700 4963

005803

3m76

1984

dentities: lccn-n84005803

Categories:

 1879 births

 1941 deaths

 People from Valozhyn

 People from Oshmyansky Uyezd

 Belarusian Orthodox rabbis

 Polish emigrants to the United States

 American Orthodox Jews

 American Orthodox rabbis

 American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent

 Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty

 Yeshiva University rosh yeshivas

 Maimonides scholars

Navigation menu

 Not logged in

 Talk

 Contributions

 Create account

 Log in

 Article

 Talk

 Read

 Edit

 View history

Search Go

 Main page

 Contents

 Current events

 Random article

 About Wikipedia

 Contact us

 Donate
Contribute

 Help

 Learn to edit

 Community portal

 Recent changes

 Upload file

Tools

 What links here

 Related changes

 Special pages

 Permanent link

 Page information

 Cite this page

 Wikidata item

Print/export

 Download as PDF

 Printable version

Languages

 Беларуская (тарашкевіца)

 Español

 Français

 ‫עברית‬

 Русский

 ‫יי ִדיש‬

Edit links

 This page was last edited on 12 February 2021, at 04:07 (UTC).

 Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms

may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a
registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.