Berel Soloveitchik (1915–1981) was a rabbi

Rabbi

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 and the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik

Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik

Yitzchok Zev Halevi Soloveitchik , also known as Velvel Soloveitchik or as the Brisker Rov Yitzchok Zev Halevi Soloveitchik (Hebrew: יצחק זאב הלוי סולובייצ'יק), also known as Velvel Soloveitchik ("Zev" means "wolf" in Hebrew, and "Velvel" is the diminutive of "wolf" in Yiddish) or as the Brisker...

 and one of the leading Rosh Yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva

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s ("heads of the yeshiva

Yeshiva

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") of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel

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. He was a first cousin to Joseph B. Soloveitchik, who was named after the Beis HaLevi, as he was. Rav Berel was succeeded as Rosh Yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...

 of Yeshivas Brisk in Jerusalem by his son Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik.

See also

• Haredi Judaism
  Haredi Judaism
  Haredi or Charedi/Chareidi Judaism is the most conservative form of Orthodox Judaism, often referred to as ultra-Orthodox. A follower of Haredi Judaism is called a Haredi ....
  
  
• Torah study
  Torah study
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• Daat Torah
  Daat Torah
  Da'as Torah , is a concept in Torah Judaism according to which Jews should seek the input of rabbinic scholars not just on matters of Jewish law but on all important life matters, on the grounds that knowledge of the Torah aids everything in life.- In Contemporary Hareidi Judaism :Avi Shafran, the...