Moshe Soloveichik
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Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik (1879 - 1941), son of the renowned Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik (1853-1918) famous for his unparalleled Talmudic methodology and grandson of the Beit HaLevi - Rabbi Yosef Baer Soloveitchik (1820 - 1892) was the older of Rabbi Chaim's two sons. His brother Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik (known as Reb Velvele, or the GRYZ) succeeded his father as the rabbi of Brisk and eventually emigrated to Israel.
At 31 Rabbi Moshe became the rabbi of Raseinyai, a position he held for 3 years after which he took the position of rabbi in Chaslovitch (Chislavichi) in 1913. 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 passed away in 1941 at the age of 62, his son, Rabbi Yosef Dov was asked to fill his father’s place. Rabbi Moshe’s 2 younger sons were Rabbi Dr. Ahron Soloveichik (1917 - 2001), who also taught at RIETS, and Rabbi Dr. Samuel Soloveitchik who taught chemistry at Yeshiva College.
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- 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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| Chancellor: Norman Lamm
Dean: Zevulun Charlop Roshei Yeshiva: Elchanan Adler • Eliyahu Ben-Chaim • J. David Bleich • Yitzchok Cohen • Meir Goldwicht • David Hirsch • Dovid Horowitz • Aharon Kahn • Aharon Lichtenstein • Yaakov Neuburger • Hershel Reichman • Michael Rosensweig • Yonason Sacks • Hershel Schachter • Eli Baruch Shulman • Baruch Simon • Zvi Sobolofsky • Moshe Tendler • Mayer Twersky • Jeremy Wieder • Mordechai Willig • Gershon Yankelewitz Former Roshei Yeshiva: Nisson Alpert • Yosef Leib Arnest • Samuel Belkin • Ahron Dovid Burack • Solomon Drillman • Michael Katz • Shlomo Nosson Kotler • Dovid Lifshitz • Shlomo Polachek • Moshe Ahron Poleyeff • Elazar Meir Preil • Bernard Revel • Shimon Shkop • Ahron Soloveichik • Joseph B. Soloveitchik • Moshe Soloveichik • Ephraim M. Steinberg • Shalom Elchanan Yaffe • Mendel Zaks |
