Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Joseph B. Soloveitchik | |
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Official photograph from Yeshiva University | |
| Title | The Rav |
| Personal life | |
| Born | February 27, 1903 12 Adar 5663 |
| Died | April 9, 1993 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Tonya Lewit, Ph.D. (1904-1967) |
| Parent(s) | Moshe Soloveichik and Peshka Feinstein Soloveichik |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | |
| Yahrtzeit | 18 Nissan 5753 |
| Buried | Beth El Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA |
| Dynasty | Soloveitchik dynasty |
Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (Hebrew: יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ׳יק Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveychik; February 27, 1903 – April 9, 1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty.
As a rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) at Yeshiva University in New York City, The Rav, as he was known, ordained close to 2,000 rabbis over the course of almost half a century. Some Rabbinic literature, such as sefer Shiurei HaGrid, refers to him as הגרי"ד, short for "The great Rabbi Yosef Dov".
He is regarded as a seminal figure by Modern Orthodox Judaism and served as a guide and role-model for tens of thousands of Jews, both as a Talmudic scholar and as a religious leader.