Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik | |
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 Official photograph from Yeshiva University | |
| Title | The Rav |
| Personal | |
| Born | February 27, 1903 12 Adar 5663 |
| Died | April 9, 1993 (aged 90) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Tonya Lewit, Ph.D. (1904-1967) |
| Parent(s) | Moshe Soloveichik and Peshka Feinstein Soloveichik |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Signature |  |
| 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,[1] as he was known, ordained close to 2,000 rabbis over the course of almost half a century.[2] Some Rabbinic literature, such as sefer Shiurei HaGrid,[3] refers to him as הגרי"ד, short for "The great Rabbi Yosef Dov".
He is regarded as a seminal figure by Modern Orthodox Judaism[4] and served as a guide and role-model for tens of thousands of Jews, both as a Talmudic scholar and as a religious leader.
- ^ Soloveitchik., Meiselman, Shulamit (1995). The Soloveitchik heritage : a daughter's memoir. Hoboken, N.J.: KTAV Pub. pp. front cover, the sister of the Rav called him the Rav. ISBN 0881255254. OCLC 32429343.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Joseph Soloveitchik". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ "Halakhic Man". Seforim Place. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ "Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik". Yeshivat Har Etzion. Retrieved July 16, 2024.