Soloveitchik
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Soloveitchik (also Soloveichik) is a surname. The source of the name is from the Russian
word for "songbird," since the Soloveitchiks are a family of Levites
, who are commanded by the Torah
to sing in the Beit Hamikdash. It is notably the name of a rabbinic family descended from Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi)
(1820-1892). Members include:
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
word for "songbird," since the Soloveitchiks are a family of Levites
Levite
In Jewish tradition, a Levite is a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi. When Joshua led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, the Levites were the only Israelite tribe that received cities but were not allowed to be landowners "because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their inheritance"...
, who are commanded by the Torah
Torah
Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five books of the bible—Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five...
to sing in the Beit Hamikdash. It is notably the name of a rabbinic family descended from Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi)
Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi)
Yosef Dov Soloveitchik was the author of Beis Halevi, by which name he is better known among Talmudic scholars. He was the great-grandson of Rabbi Chaim Volozhin.-Early years:In his youth Yosef Dov lived in Brod. One anecdote illustrates his early mastery of rabbinic learning...
(1820-1892). Members include:
- Ahron SoloveichikAhron SoloveichikRabbi Ahron Soloveichik; was a renowned scholar of Talmud, Halakha and a Rosh Yeshiva; known especially within circles of Orthodox Judaism.-Biography:...
(1917-2001) - Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik
- Berel SoloveitchikBerel SoloveitchikBerel Soloveitchik was a rabbi and the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik and one of the leading Rosh Yeshivas of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel. He was a first cousin to Joseph B. Soloveitchik, who was named after the Beis HaLevi, as he was...
- Chaim SoloveitchikChaim SoloveitchikChaim 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. He was born in Volozhin in 1853, where his father, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik served as a lecturer in the famous...
(1853-1918) - Haym SoloveitchikHaym SoloveitchikRabbi Dr. Haym Soloveitchik is the only son of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He graduated from the Maimonides School which his father founded in Brookline, Massachusetts and then received his B.A. degree from Harvard College in 1958 with a major in History. After two years of post-graduate study...
(1937- ) - Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903-1993)
- Meir SoloveichikMeir SoloveichikMeir Yaakov Soloveichik is an American Orthodox rabbi and writer.The son of Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik, he is a grandson of Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik, the brother of Rabbi Joseph B...
- Moshe SoloveichikMoshe SoloveichikMoshe Soloveitchik , was an Orthodox rabbi. He was the second son of renowned rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik and grandson of the Beis HaLevi. He married Pesya Feinstein, daughter of the renowned Rabbi of Pruzany, Rabbi Eliyahu Feinstein, and first cousins with Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.At the age of 31, he...
(1879-1941) - Meshulam Dovid SoloveitchikMeshulam Dovid SoloveitchikMeshulam Dovid Soloveitchik is an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of one of the branches of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel, attended by select young Talmudists, mainly from the United States...
- Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (1886-1959)