Torah Giant Rabbi Aharon Soloveichik Passes Away
Rabbi Aharon Soloveichik, founder and head of the Brisk Yeshiva in Chicago and a leading Talmudic lecturer in Yeshiva University in New York, passed away Friday afternoon in Chicago. The funeral will take place Monday at 2 PM in Jerusalem, departing from the Sanhedria funeral home for the ancient Jewish Mt. of Olives cemetery. Buses will transfer the many expected attendees from the funeral home as well as from outside the home of Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik, the son of the deceased. Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik resides at 38 HaYarkon St. in Ramat Beit Shemesh, just west of Jerusalem.
Rabbi Aharon Soloveichik, brother of the late Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveichik of Yeshiva University, traces his distinguished rabbinic lineage back over 200 years to the famed Rabbi Chaim Brisker. He taught Talmud and Jewish philosophy and Law for 59 years in the United States. Dr. David Applebaum, head of Jerusalem\'s well-known Terem Immediate Medical Care Clinic and a long-time student of Rabbi Soloveichik, said that his teacher was extraordinarily sensitive, devoted, committed to Halakhah [Jewish Law], and zealous in promoting the concept of acts of kindness. He was also involved in Israeli current events, and was outspoken in his opposition to the Oslo process.
Rabbi Aharon Soloveichik, founder and head of the Brisk Yeshiva in Chicago and a leading Talmudic lecturer in Yeshiva University in New York, passed away Friday afternoon in Chicago. The funeral will take place Monday at 2 PM in Jerusalem, departing from the Sanhedria funeral home for the ancient Jewish Mt. of Olives cemetery. Buses will transfer the many expected attendees from the funeral home as well as from outside the home of Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik, the son of the deceased. Rabbi Chaim Soloveichik resides at 38 HaYarkon St. in Ramat Beit Shemesh, just west of Jerusalem.
Rabbi Aharon Soloveichik, brother of the late Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveichik of Yeshiva University, traces his distinguished rabbinic lineage back over 200 years to the famed Rabbi Chaim Brisker. He taught Talmud and Jewish philosophy and Law for 59 years in the United States. Dr. David Applebaum, head of Jerusalem\'s well-known Terem Immediate Medical Care Clinic and a long-time student of Rabbi Soloveichik, said that his teacher was extraordinarily sensitive, devoted, committed to Halakhah [Jewish Law], and zealous in promoting the concept of acts of kindness. He was also involved in Israeli current events, and was outspoken in his opposition to the Oslo process.
