Yitzchok Zev Halevi Soloveitchik (), also known as Velvel Soloveitchik ("Zev" means "wolf" in Hebrew, and "Velvel" is the diminutive of "wolf" in Yiddish) or the Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from Brisk", (19 October 1886 – 11 October 1959), was an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Brisk yeshiva in Jerusalem.
A scion of the Soloveitchik rabbinical dynasty, he is commonly referred to as the "GRY"Z" (an acronym for Gaon Rabbi Yitzchok Zev) and "The Rov". He was known for his stringency in halakha (Jewish law) and advocacy for non-participation in the Israeli political system.
Biography
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik was born to Chaim Soloveitchik in Valozhyn.
After Soloveitchik's death in 1959, his son Berel took over his father's position as rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk. Another of his sons was Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik.
Soloveitchik did not recite from memory when speaking, he read all his sources from their original works.
Brisker rabbinic dynasty
See also
- Yehoshua Leib Diskin, another Jewish leader known as the "rabbi from Brisk"
- Naftali Rothenberg, Yair Halevi, ‘’’The Rabbi of Brisk: Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik’’’, in: Benjamin Brown, Nissim Leon, eds. The Gdoilim – Leaders Who Shaped the Israeli Haredi Jewry, Magnes Hebrew University Press, 2017, (Hebrew)