Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik
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Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (known as Reb or Rav Dovid) is an Orthodox
rabbi
and rosh yeshiva
of one of the branches of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel
, attended by select young Talmud
ists, mainly from the United States
. He is a son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik
, a son-in-law of Rabbi Osher Sternbuch of London
and a brother-in-law of Rabbi Moishe Sternbuch
and Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu
. He is also the Nasi (president) of the Edah HaChareidis.
between his granddaughter and the son of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik.
He has yet to publish any works on the Talmud, but many of his works have been published by his students, especially in the latest Mishor prints of his father's works. He is considered by Briskers to be one of the last authentic remnants of a pre-WWII Jewish Lithuania, and is often quoted for his memories of his father's and grandfather's lives and teachings.
Soloveitchik's son, Velvel, is a maggid shiur
(lecturer) in his father's yeshiva. His daughter is married to Rabbi Nechemya Kaplan, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTalmud, Jerusalem.
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
rabbi
Rabbi
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and rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva
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of one of the branches of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
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, attended by select young Talmud
Talmud
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ists, mainly from the United States
United States
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. He is a 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...
, a son-in-law of Rabbi Osher Sternbuch of London
London
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and a brother-in-law of Rabbi Moishe Sternbuch
Moishe Sternbuch
Moishe Sternbuch is the Vice-President of the Rabbinical Court and Chief Rabbi Ra'avad of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem. He resides in Har Nof where he is the rabbi of the local GR"A Synagogue, named after the Vilna Gaon of whom he is a direct descendant...
and Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu
Chanoch Ehrentreu
Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu served for many years as the head of the United Synagogue's Beth Din. He retired from the post in December 2006.-Early life:...
. He is also the Nasi (president) of the Edah HaChareidis.
Early life
Soloveitchik is the fifth of twelve children and the third son born to Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik and his wife, Alte Hindl, the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Auerbach of Jerusalem. Although the exact date of his birth is unknown, his older brother Chaim was born in January 1920 and his younger brother Refoel Yehoshua was born in spring 1924. He was named Meshulam after his maternal great grandfather, Meshulam Auerbach, who proposed the shidduchShidduch
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between his granddaughter and the son of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik.
Rosh yeshiva
His yeshiva is located in the Gush Shemonim section of Jerusalem.He has yet to publish any works on the Talmud, but many of his works have been published by his students, especially in the latest Mishor prints of his father's works. He is considered by Briskers to be one of the last authentic remnants of a pre-WWII Jewish Lithuania, and is often quoted for his memories of his father's and grandfather's lives and teachings.
Soloveitchik's son, Velvel, is a maggid shiur
Maggid shiur
The term Maggid Shiur literarly translates from Hebrew to mean "sayer of Shiur".This term is used to refer to the Rabbi that lectures in a Yeshiva or Kollel.A Maggid Shiur is generally a Rabbi who lectures on advanced and in-depth Talmudic studies....
(lecturer) in his father's yeshiva. His daughter is married to Rabbi Nechemya Kaplan, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTalmud, Jerusalem.