Rabbi Dr. Ahron Soloveichik
אהרן סולובייצ'יק
Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk
In office 1974–2001
Personal life
Born	1918 Khislavichi, Russia
Died	October 4, 2001(2001-10-04) (aged 82–83)
Nationality	American
Notable work(s)	The Warmth and the Light
Occupation	Rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Denomination	Orthodox

Ahron (Aaron) Soloveichik^[1] (Hebrew:אהרן סולובייצ'יק; 1918^[2] – October 4, 2001) was anOrthodox Jewishrosh yeshiva (seminary dean) and scholar ofTalmud andhalakha.

The youngest of five children, Ahron Soloveichik was born toMoshe Soloveichik inKhislavichi, Russia, at which time his father was therabbi of that town.^[3]Joseph Soloveitchik andSamuel Soloveichik were his older brothers.

His family first moved toPoland in 1920. Before his father moved to New York in 1929, Moshe engaged his studentYitzchak Hutner to become Soloveichik's rebbe. Soloveichik was Hutner's first student.^[4] Soloveichik celebrated hisbar mitzvah in Warsaw and then immigrated with his family to join his father in the United States in 1930. After he graduated fromYeshiva College, he went to law school atNew York University and graduated with a law degree in 1946. He then spent the next 20 years teaching atyeshivas inNew York City.

Soloveichik's first teaching position was inMesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem then headed byMoshe Feinstein, from whom he received hissemikhah (rabbinic ordination). Shortly thereafter Soloveichik was appointed byHutner to give the highest daily lecture inYeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin.^[5] Soloveichik's final position in New York was atYeshiva University, where he instituted a weeklyhashkafa class in addition to giving one of the advanced daily Talmud classes, and where he was the first rabbi to be named Lecturer of the Year at Yeshiva University.

In 1966, he moved toChicago to head theHebrew Theological College inSkokie, Illinois. After differing with the administration there on certain key issues, he was let go in 1974 and opened his own yeshiva as theRosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk (Brisk Rabbinical College) in Chicago, an American incarnation of theBrisk yeshivas andmethods.

Soloveichik taughtTorah for 58 years, the last 34 of which were in Chicago. Although a stroke in 1983 left him partially paralyzed he continued his duties at Yeshivas Brisk in Chicago and flew to New York every week to deliver a Talmudic lecture atYeshiva University (a position he accepted after his older brother Rabbi Dr.Joseph B. Soloveitchik became ill and was unable to continue lecturing).

His wife, Ella Shurin, was a writer and teacher. The couple raised six children all of whom are rabbis or women married to rabbis.

His grandchildren include Rabbi Dr.Meir Soloveichik (renowned scholar and writer) and Nachama Soloveichik (Communications Director for SenatorPat Toomey and theNikki Haley 2024 presidential campaign).

Other works in Hebrew include commentaries on the works of Maimonides (Parach Mateh Aharon) and the laws of mourning (Od Yisrael Yosef Beni Chai) which was dedicated in memory of his grandson who died young after a long battle with cancer.

Additional works in English include Logic of the Heart Logic of the Mind - Wisdom and reflections on topics of our times.

• HaDarom, No. 22, Tisrei 5726 (Oct. 1955):בענין קידוש החודש
• HaDarom, No. 23, Nissan 5726 (April 1956): דין שימור במצות מצוה
• Bais Yitzchak, 1987: בענין יהרג ועל יעבור

• Famous Rabbis
• My Grandfather, Rav Ahron by Nachama Soloveichik.
• Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik (bySchulamith Halevy(he))
• Filmed interview regardinganusim (March 23, 1998)
• Rabbi Soloveichik responsum toSchulamith Halevy(he) PDF

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Notes: Rabbi Chaim Halevi Soloveichik (the second)

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