Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik

Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik was born in 1921 in Brest

Soloveitchik was born in Brest-Litovsk (Brisk), where his father, Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, was the town rabbi. He was the fifth of twelve children. His mother was Alte Hindl, daughter of Chaim Auerbach.

He studied at the local Talmud Torah, then at Yeshiva Toras Chesed, and later at the Kamenitz Yeshiva under Boruch Ber Leibovitz. In 1940 he reached Vilna and rejoined his father. During World War II he moved with his father to Jerusalem.

He married Yehudis, daughter of Asher Sternbuch of London. In 1955 he joined the board of an orphanage for girls in Jerusalem. In 1960 he opened his own yeshiva, which later settled in the Givat Moshe neighborhood.

His students published his lessons on the Torah and on the order of Kodashim with his consent. He rarely gave approbations to new books. He was close in his views to the Edah HaChareidis.

He died at his home on 31 January 2021, at the age of 99. Thousands attended his funeral, and he was buried beside his father on Har Hamenuchos. His eldest son, Yitzchok Zev, succeeded him as head of the yeshiva.