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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
- Berel Soloveitchik (1915-1981)
- Chaim Soloveitchik (1853-1918)
- Eliyahu Soloveitchik (Elijah Zevi) (1805-1881)
- Haym Soloveitchik (1937- )
- Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903-1993)
- Meir Soloveichik
- Moshe Soloveichik (1879-1941)
- Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik
- Peter Salovey (1958- ) (unlike the other names listed here, Salovey is not a descendant of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, but rather of his uncle Elijah Zevi)
- Refoel Soloveitchik (1926-1996)
- Samuel Soloveichik (1909-1967)
- Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (1886-1959)