Chaim Soloveitchik

Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik
Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik
Title	Rabbi
Personal
Born	March 25, 1853; Volozhin, Russian Empire
Died	July 30, 1918 (aged 65); Otwock, Kingdom of Poland
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Belarusian
Children	Moshe Soloveichik, Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, Yisroel Gershon Soloveichik
Parents	Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (father); Lifsha Shapiro (mother);
Denomination	Orthodox Judaism
Yahrtzeit	21 Av 5678
Buried	Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw
Dynasty	Soloveitchik dynasty

Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik (Yiddish: חיים סאָלאָווייטשיק, Polish: Chaim Sołowiejczyk), also known as Chaim Brisker (1853 – 30 July 1918), was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the Brisker method of Talmudic study within Judaism. He was also a member of the Soloveitchik dynasty, the son of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik.^{[citation needed]}

He is also known as the Gra"ch (Hebrew: גר״ח), an abbreviation of "HaGaon Reb Chaim."