Moshe Soloveichik

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Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik (1879 - 1941), son of the renowned Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik and grandson of the Beis HaLevi, Greatgrandfther of Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik - Rabbi Yosef Baer Soloveitchik, was the second of Rabbi Chaim's three sons. His younger brother, Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik (known as Reb Velvele, or the GRYZ גרי"ז), succeeded his father as the rabbi of Brisk and eventually emigrated to Israel.

At the age of 31, Rabbi Moshe was appointed rabbi of the town of Raseiniai, a position he held for 3 years. In 1913, he took the position of rabbi of Khislavichi. After World War I, he went to Poland in 1920, and from there he immigrated to New York in 1929, answering the call of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel to join the faculty as Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University.

While Rabbi Moshe was in New York City, his eldest son, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik was working on his PhD 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") moved to Boston and became head of the Jewish community there.

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

Rabbi Moshe’s two younger sons were Rabbi Dr. Ahron Soloveichik (1917 - 2001), who also taught at RIETS, and Rabbi Dr. Samuel Soloveitchik (1909-1967) who taught chemistry at Yeshiva College. He also had two daughters, Mrs. Shulamit Soloveitchik Meiselman (b. 1912) and Mrs. Anne Soloveitchik Gerber (b. 1915).

Contents 1 Students 1.1 In Europe 1.2 In America 2 Brisk family tree 3 See also 4 External links and references

[edit] Students

[edit] In Europe

• Rabbi Yehuda David Goldman
• Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz

[edit] In America

[edit] Brisk family tree

Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik (1919-2002)                                                                                                           Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik                                                                                                         Rabbi Berel Soloveitchik     Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik                                                                         Rabbi Yosef Dov (HaLevi) Soloveitchik author of Beis HaLevi   Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik "Reb Chaim Brisker"     Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik "The GRIZ" The Brisker Rov     Lifsha Soloveitchik Feinstein       Dr. Tovah Soloveitchik Lichtenstein                                                                                                       Lifsha Shapiro daughter of Rav Refoel Shapiro               Rabbi Refoel Soloveitchik       Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein                                                                                                     Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik       Atarah Soloveitchik Twersky       Rabbi Mosheh Twersky                                                                                                               Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik "The Rav"       Rabbi Dr. Isadore Twersky       Rabbi Mayer Twersky                                                                                         Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik     Rabbi Dr. Ahron Soloveichik         Rabbi Dr. Haym Soloveitchik       Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik                                                                                               Peshka Feinstein Soloveichik     Rabbi Dr. Shmuel Soloveitchik                   Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveitchik                                                                                                     Shulamit Soloveitchik Meiselman     Rabbi Moshe Meiselman       Rabbi Yosef Soloveitchik                                                                                         Anne Soloveitchik Gerber                 Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik

[edit] See also

• Brisk yeshivas and methods

[edit] External links and references

• 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)

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