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Historic! Hasidism-Lita! sefer Zechar HaChaim by Rabbi Chaim Rapaport - copy of ”the Beis HaLevi” of Brisk. R. Yosef Dov (Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik - Historic! Hasidism-Lita! sefer Zechar HaChaim by Rabbi Chaim Rapaport - copy of ”the Beis HaLevi” of Brisk. R. Yosef Dov (Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik רישום על דף הפורזץ: ”זה הספר שייך להרב הגאון הגדול מו”ה יוסף דובער אב”ד דק”ק בריסק דליטא” R. Yosef Dov (Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (1820-1892) was a great grandson of R. Chaim Volozhiner. Known as an extraordinarily brilliant child, he learned in the great Yeshiva of Volozhin. He also spent time in Brod where he studied with R. Shlomo Kluger. In 1854 he was appointed as Rosh Yeshiva in Volozhin, where he served until 1865, whereupon he was appointed to become Rav in Slutzk. In Slutzk in addition to his rabbinical duties, he was closely involved in the education of the local youth. Amongst his disciples from that era were R. Yosef Rosen (Rogatchover Gaon) and R. Zalman Sender Shapiro. He fiercely opposed the Reform movement and eventually as a result of the activities of the “Maskilim” he left Slutzk and moved to Warsaw. When the Brisker Rav, R Yehoshua Leib Diskin left for Eretz Yisroel in 1877, the Bais Ha’Levy succeeded him as Rav of Brisk. He led the kehilla in Brisk until his passing when he was succeeded by his son R. Chaim who in turn was succeeded by his son R. Velvel and until today the Soloveitchik family remains synonymous with “Brisk”.