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Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 Moshe Soloveichik (1879 - 1941), son of the renowned Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik
Chaim Soloveitchik

Chaim Soloveitchik , also known as Reb Chaim Brisker, was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the popular Brisker approach to Talmudic study within Judaism....
 and grandson of the Beis HaLevi, was the second of Rabbi Chaim's three sons. His younger brother, Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik
Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik

Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik , also known as Velvel Soloveitchik or as the Brisker Rov...
 (known as Reb Velvele, or the GRYZ ???"?), succeeded his father as the rabbi of Brisk
Brest, Belarus

For other uses, see BrestBrest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk, is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Western Bug River and Mukhavets River rivers meet....
 and eventually emigrated to Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

At the age of 31, Rabbi Moshe was appointed rabbi of the town of Raseiniai
Raseiniai

Raseiniai is a city in Lithuania. It is located on the south eastern foothills of the Samogitians highland, some north from the A1 highway ....
, a position he held for 3 years.






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Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 Moshe Soloveichik (1879 - 1941), son of the renowned Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik
Chaim Soloveitchik

Chaim Soloveitchik , also known as Reb Chaim Brisker, was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the popular Brisker approach to Talmudic study within Judaism....
 and grandson of the Beis HaLevi, was the second of Rabbi Chaim's three sons. His younger brother, Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik
Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik

Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik , also known as Velvel Soloveitchik or as the Brisker Rov...
 (known as Reb Velvele, or the GRYZ ???"?), succeeded his father as the rabbi of Brisk
Brest, Belarus

For other uses, see BrestBrest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk, is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Western Bug River and Mukhavets River rivers meet....
 and eventually emigrated to Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

At the age of 31, Rabbi Moshe was appointed rabbi of the town of Raseiniai
Raseiniai

Raseiniai is a city in Lithuania. It is located on the south eastern foothills of the Samogitians highland, some north from the A1 highway ....
, a position he held for 3 years. In 1913, he took the position of rabbi of Khislavichi. After World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, he went to Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 in 1920, and from there he immigrated to New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 in 1929, answering the call of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel
Bernard Revel

Bernard Revel was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and scholar. He served as the first President#Non-governmental presidents of Yeshiva College from 1915 until his death in 1940....
 to join the faculty as Rosh Yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the Dean of a Yeshiva . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh ? meaning head, and yeshiva ? a school of religious Jewish education....
 at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , or Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan, is the most important yeshiva component of Yeshiva University and a preeminent seminary for the training of Orthodox Judaism rabbis....
 of Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a leading research institution, ranked 50th in the United States among national universities in 2008.....
.

While Rabbi Moshe was in New York City
New York City

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, his eldest son, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik was working on his PhD
PHD

PHD may refer to:* Parisada Hindu Dharma, an Indonesian reform organization* PHD, a track on The Crystal Method album Tweekend* PHD finger, a protein sequence...
 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
Ahron Soloveichik

Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik ; was a renowned scholar of Talmud, Halakha and a Rosh Yeshiva; known especially within circles of Orthodox Judaism....
 (1917 - 2001), who also taught at RIETS, and Rabbi Dr. Samuel Soloveitchik (1909-1967) who taught chemistry
Chemistry

Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....
 at Yeshiva College. He also had two daughters, Mrs. Shulamit Soloveitchik Meiselman (b. 1912) and Mrs. Anne Soloveitchik Gerber (b. 1915).

Students


In Europe

  • Rabbi Yehuda David Goldman
  • Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz
    Dovid Leibowitz

    Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz was a leading rabbi and disciple of prewar Europe's Slabodka Yeshiva in Lithuania who went on to found the Rabbinical Seminary of America as its first Rosh yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York....


In America



Brisk family tree


See also

  • Brisk yeshivas and methods
    Brisk yeshivas and methods

    The Soloveitchik dynasty of rabbinic scholars and their students originated the Brisker method of Talmudic study, which is embraced by their followers in the Brisk yeshivas....


External links and references

  • "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)