Soloveitchik ( ) (also
Soloveichik) is a surname. The name is a diminutive form of the
Russian language word соловей, "nightingale", since the Soloveitchiks are a family of
, who are commanded by the
Torah to sing in the
Beit Hamikdash. It is notably the name of a rabbinic family descended from Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) (1820-1892). Members include:
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Ahron Soloveichik (1917–2001)
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Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik
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Bar Soloveychik (born 2000), Israeli swimmer
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Berel Soloveitchik (1915–1981)
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Chaim Soloveitchik (1853–1918)
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Eliyahu Soloveitchik (Elijah Zevi) (1805–1881)
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Haym Soloveitchik (born 1937), American rabbi
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Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903–1993), American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher.
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Max Soloveichik (1883-1957), Lithuanian-Jewish Zionist activist, journalist, and a politician
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Meir Soloveichik (born 1977), American
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Moshe Soloveichik (1879–1941)
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Moshe Soloveitchik (Zürich) (1914-1995)
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Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (1921-2021)
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Peter Salovey (born 1958) (unlike the other names listed here, Salovey is not a descendant of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, but rather of his uncle Eliyahu Zevi)
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Samuel Soloveichik (1909–1967)
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Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (1886–1959)
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Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi)
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Moshe Meiselman (born 1942)
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