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Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik (1879 - 1941), son of the renowned Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik and grandson of the Beis HaLevi, Greatgrandfther of Yitzchak Zev Soloveichik - Rabbi Yosef Baer Soloveitchik, was the second of Rabbi Chaim's three sons. His younger brother, Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik (known as Reb Velvele, or the GRYZ גרי"ז), succeeded his father as the rabbi of Brisk and eventually emigrated to Israel.
At the age of 31, Rabbi Moshe was appointed rabbi of the town of Raseiniai, a position he held for 3 years. In 1913, he took the position of rabbi of Khislavichi. After World War I, he went to Poland in 1920, and from there he immigrated to New York in 1929, answering the call of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel to join the faculty as Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University.
While Rabbi Moshe was in New York City, his eldest son, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik was working on his PhD at the University of Berlin, which he completed in 1931. The following year, Rabbi Yosef Dov (often referred to by his students as "The Rav") moved to Boston and became head of the Jewish community there.
When Rabbi Moshe died in 1941 at the age of 62, his son, Rabbi Yosef Dov was asked to fill his father’s place.
Rabbi Moshe’s two younger sons were Rabbi Dr. Ahron Soloveichik (1917 - 2001), who also taught at RIETS, and Rabbi Dr. Samuel Soloveitchik (1909-1967) who taught chemistry at Yeshiva College. He also had two daughters, Mrs. Shulamit Soloveitchik Meiselman (b. 1912) and Mrs. Anne Soloveitchik Gerber (b. 1915).
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