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Berel Soloveitchik

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Berel (Yosef Dov) Soloveichik
ברל (יוסף דב) סולובייצ'יק
Soleveichik (right) and Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapiro
Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk
In office
October 12, 1959 – February 6, 1981
Preceded byRabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik
Succeeded byRabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveichik
Personal details
Born1915
Brest, Belarus
DiedFebruary 6, 1981
Jerusalem
SpouseEthel Weisnstein
ChildrenAvraham Yehoshua Soleveitchik
Moshe Soleveitchik

Berel (Yosef Dov) Soloveichik (Hebrew: ברל (יוסף דב) סולובייצ'יק; 1915–1981) was a rabbi and the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik and one of the leading Rosh Yeshivas ("heads of the yeshiva") of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem. He was a first cousin to Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, who was named after the Beis HaLevi, like himself. Rabbi Soloveichik was succeeded as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk in Jerusalem by his son Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveichik.

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