Berel Soloveitchik
Berel (Yosef Dov) Soloveichik | |
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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 by | Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik |
| Succeeded by | Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveichik |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1915 Brest, Belarus |
| Died | February 6, 1981 Jerusalem |
| Spouse | Ethel Weisnstein |
| Children | Avraham 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.