Chaim Soloveitchik

Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik
TitleRabbi
Personal
Born(1853-03-25)March 25, 1853
DiedJuly 30, 1918(1918-07-30) (aged 65)
ReligionJudaism
NationalityBelarusian
ChildrenMoshe Soloveichik, Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, Yisroel Gershon Soloveichik
Parents
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
Yahrtzeit21 Av 5678
BuriedJewish Cemetery, Warsaw
DynastySoloveitchik dynasty

Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik (Yiddish: חיים סאָלאָווייטשיק, Polish: Chaim Sołowiejczyk), also known as Chaim Brisker (1853 – 30 July 1918), was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the Brisker method of Talmudic study within Judaism. He was also a member of the Soloveitchik dynasty, the son of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik.[citation needed]

He is also known as the Gra"ch (Hebrew: גר״ח), an abbreviation of "HaGaon Reb Chaim."