Chaim Soloveitchik

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 approach to Talmudic study within Judaism. He was also a member of the Soloveitchik dynasty, the son of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik.

This article is about the founder of the Brisk rabbinical dynasty. For his great-grandson, the Jewish historian, see Haym Soloveitchik.
Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik
TitleRabbi
Personal
Born(1853-03-25)March 25, 1853
Volozhin, Russian Empire
DiedJuly 30, 1918(1918-07-30) (aged 65)
Otwock, Kingdom of Poland
ReligionJudaism
NationalityBelarusian
ChildrenMoshe Soloveichik, Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, Yisroel Gershon Soloveichik
Parents
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
Yahrtzeit21 Av 5678
BuriedJewish Cemetery, Warsaw
DynastySoloveitchik dynasty

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

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