Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik

Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (also known as Reb Dovid or Rav Dovid; born 1921) (Hebrew: משולם דוד סולובייצ'יק‎) is a Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva of one of the branches of the Brisk yeshivas[2] in Jerusalem, Israel, attended by select young Talmudists, mainly from the United States.

Rabbi

Dovid Soloveitchik
TitleRosh Yeshivas Brisk
Personal
Born
Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik

Brest, Belarus
ReligionJudaism
ParentsYitzchok Zev Soloveitchik and Alte Hindl Auerbach
DenominationHaredi[1]
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaBrisk Yeshiva, Jerusalem
ResidenceJerusalem

Early life

Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik is the fifth of twelve children and the third son born to Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik and Alte Hindl, daughter of Chaim Auerbach (not to be confused with Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach).[3] His exact date of his birth is unknown, but it is known that his older brother Chaim was born in January 1920 and his younger brother Refoel Yehoshua was born in spring 1924.[4] He was named Meshulam after his maternal great grandfather, Meshulam Auerbach, who proposed the shidduch between his granddaughter and the son of Chaim Soloveitchik.[5] Soloveitchik emigrated to Mandatory Palestine with his father during World War II, and they settled in Jerusalem. He married the daughter of Asher Sternbuch of London.[6] He is the brother-in-law of Moishe Sternbuch and Chanoch Ehrentreu.

Rosh yeshiva
Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik with students

In the late 1970s, Soloveitchik opened his yeshiva in the Gush Shemonim section of the Givat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem. One of his students was Mosheh Twersky. He has yet to personally publish any works on the Talmud, but many of his works have been published by his students, especially in the latest Mishor prints of his father's works. He rarely gives approbations to new books.

Soloveitchik is considered by Briskers to be one of the last authentic remnants of a pre-World War II Jewish Lithuania, and is often quoted for his memories of his father's and grandfather's lives and teachings.[7][8][9][10]

Soloveitchik's son, Velvel, who is the son in-law of Berel Povarsky is a maggid shiur (lecturer) in his father's yeshiva.[11] His daughter is married to Nechemya Kaplan, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar HaTalmud in Jerusalem.[12]

Works
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References
  1. Leiman, Sid (10 March 2016). "A Picture and its One Thousand Words: The Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery Revisited". Defending History. Retrieved 22 December 2019. [Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik] is a leader of the Haredi community in Israel.
  2. S. Baruchi (21 May 2003). "HaRav Yechiel Michel Feinstein, zt'l". Dei'ah veDibur. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. Freund, Rabbi Tuvia. "Exploring the Pesach Preparations of the Brisker Rav, zt"l". Hamodia. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  4. Meller, pp. 134–135.
  5. Meller, pp. 115–116.
  6. "Marrying Soloveitchik".
  7. Weinstock, Yair (June 1999). Tales for the Soul: A famous novelist retells classic stories with passion and spirit. I. p. vii. ISBN 1-57819-286-2.
  8. Parkoff, Eliezer; Linas, Eliezer (2002). Trust me: An anthology of emunah and bitachon. Feldheim Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 1-58330-531-9.
  9. Shtern, Mosheh Aharon; Goldstein, Yitzchok Meir (2000). From a Pure Fire. p. 12. ISBN 1-58330-448-7.
  10. Shain, Ruchoma (2001). All for the Boss: The life and impact of R' Yaakov Yosef Herman, a Torah Pioneer in America. Feldheim Publishers. p. 359. ISBN 1-58330-470-3.
  11. Meller, Shimon Yosef (2007). The Brisker Rav: The Life and Times of Maran HaGaon ... Yitzchok ..., Volume 1 By Shimon Yosef Meller The Brisker Rav: The Life and Times of Maran Hagaon HaRav Yitzchok Ze'ev HaLevi Soloveichik : Including Stories of the Great City of Brisk from Its Establishment as a Torah Center Until Its Destruction During the Holocaust Check |url= value (help). ISBN 9781583309698.
  12. Shimon Yosef Meller (2007). The Brisker Rav: The Life and Times of Maran HaGaon Yitzchok. Volume 1. ISBN 9781583309698.

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