tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post2459219270875985811..comments2024-03-28T15:14:16.180+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Pinchas Soloveichik: IDF soldier with no family to remember himRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-58368771516837920072014-05-12T12:20:12.535+03:002014-05-12T12:20:12.535+03:00Update: My father told me that this Pinchas had on...Update: My father told me that this Pinchas had one brother, as far as he knows. The brother never married.DRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130500552533691846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-60177684796782380132014-05-09T16:29:21.174+03:002014-05-09T16:29:21.174+03:001. No, no relation. They are leviim, we aren't...1. No, no relation. They are leviim, we aren't.<br />2. I don't really know if his parents had other kids and what happened to them. My great-grandfather emigrated to Boston in the late 20's, so I'm assuming they sort of lost touch. They were an old Yerushalmi family (my great-grandmother was from the Porush family, which is massive) so it wasn't easy to keep up with everyone. E.g, Rav Shlomo Zalman, was a second cousin of my grandmother, but I'm sure he was not aware of my existence.DRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130500552533691846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-14619355442205313082014-05-09T15:38:26.453+03:002014-05-09T15:38:26.453+03:00interesting. thanks.
so you, or he, is not related...interesting. thanks.<br />so you, or he, is not related to the famous soloveichik family?<br />why is it that he left no family behind? I get he wasnt married and had no kids, but his parents or siblings...Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-61535601129792343992014-05-09T15:28:12.834+03:002014-05-09T15:28:12.834+03:00OK, here's some news: he was my grandmother...OK, here's some news: he was my grandmother's first cousin.<br /><br />This is what it says in my great-grandfather's sefer called Otzar Hadranim, on the page with the dedications:<br /><br />אחי מר יעקב ז"ל, נפטר ה' כסלו תש"ד<br />בנו הקדוש הבחור פנחס ז"ל, נפל חלל ח' אב תש"ח על הר ציון במלחמה עם הערבים הי"ד<br /><br />My great-grandfather's name was Rav Dovid Aharon Soloveitchik. They lived near the old Shaarei Tzedek hospital.<br /><br />His father, who was this Pinchas' grandfather, was R' Binyamin Beinish. He had a minhag of not sleeping outside of the old city walls - his son writes that for more than 50 years he didn't sleep outside of J-lem.<br /><br /><br /><br />DRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130500552533691846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-12793789847568924862014-05-07T14:21:05.110+03:002014-05-07T14:21:05.110+03:00My great-grandfather was a Soloveitchik (not a Lev...My great-grandfather was a Soloveitchik (not a Levi), and he lived in J-lem then (in fact, near the old Shaarei Tzedek hospital).<br /><br />I'll have to dig around and see if I can find something on him in the family history.<br /><br />DRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09130500552533691846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-9868864901052062652014-05-07T13:15:41.141+03:002014-05-07T13:15:41.141+03:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisk_tradition_and_S...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisk_tradition_and_Soloveitchik_dynasty<br /><br />All members of the Soloveitchik family are descended from the Tribe of Levi and thus sometimes go by the descriptor HaLevi. <br /><br />rav shechter talks abotu the rav being a levi in nefesh harav.Ben Waxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798895161663664689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-2387609206334517302014-05-06T22:19:02.993+03:002014-05-06T22:19:02.993+03:00I meant Mt. Zion. I always tend to think of it as ...I meant Mt. Zion. I always tend to think of it as part of the Old City, even though it is outside the walls.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-77353272778421312502014-05-06T20:45:09.036+03:002014-05-06T20:45:09.036+03:00The battle for the Old City wasn't successful....The battle for the Old City wasn't successful. Just Mt. Zion stayed in Jewish/Israeli hands until 1967 when the Old City was liberated.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-74808728297418826282014-05-05T14:13:51.348+03:002014-05-05T14:13:51.348+03:00There is no mention on the matzeiva that he was a ...There is no mention on the matzeiva that he was a Levi - which would seem to indicate that he is not related to the Brisker Soloveichiks.dlzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269900740743979382noreply@blogger.com