Soloveitchik
Soloveitchik ( ) (also Soloveichik) is a surname. The name is a diminutive form of the Russian word соловей, "nightingale", since the Soloveitchiks are a family of Levites, 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: Ahron Soloveichik (1917–2001) Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik Bar Soloveychik (born 2000), Israeli swimmer Berel Soloveitchik (1915–1981) Chaim Soloveitchik (1853–1918) Eliyahu Soloveitchik (Elijah Zevi) (1805–1881) Haym Soloveitchik (born 1937), American Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903–1993), American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. Max Soloveichik (1883-1957), Lithuanian-Jewish Zionist activist, journalist, and a politician Meir Soloveichik (born 1977), American Moshe Soloveichik (1879–1941) Moshe Soloveitchik (Zurich) (1914-1995) Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (1921-2021) 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) Samuel Soloveichik (1909–1967) Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (1886–1959) Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) Family tree See also Brisk tradition and Soloveitchik dynasty Vorobeichik External links TheRav.Net Resources on Joseph B. Soloveitchik Jewish families Surnames of Jewish origin Slavic-language surnames Russian-language surnames Levite surnames Yiddish-language surnames