caption children title denomination parents spouse image article_title name occupation
reb velvel -lrb- yitzchok zev -rrb- soloveitchik freidel -lrb- married rabbi yechiel michel feinstein -rrb- chaim meshulam dovid -lrb- boruch refoel yehoshua gittel sara rascha -lrb- 1926 -- 1942 1913 -rrb- meir feige tzirel -lrb- 1931 -- 1932 -rrb- rivka -- -lrb- married rabbi yaakov schiff -rrb- naftali tzvi yehudah leib 1919 shmuel yaakov -rrb- yosef dov lifsha the brisker rav orthodox rabbi chaim soloveitchik and lifsha shapira alte hendl auerbach yitzchak zev soloveitchik.jpg yitzchok zev soloveitchik
 yitzchok zev soloveitchik rabbi
yitzchok zev soloveitchik

yitzchok zev halevi soloveitchik -lrb- hebrew : יצחק זאב הלוי סולובייצ ' יק -rrb- , also known as velvel soloveitchik -lrb- `` zev '' means `` wolf '' in hebrew , and `` velvel '' is the diminutive of `` wolf '' in yiddish -rrb- or as the brisker rov -lrb- `` rabbi of/from brisk '' , -lrb- 19 october 1886 , valozhyn -- 11 october 1959 , jerusalem -rrb- , was an orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the brisk yeshiva in jerusalem , israel .
he was a son of rabbi chaim soloveitchik of brisk .
he is also commonly referred to as the `` gryz '' , an acronym for '' gaon rabbi yitzchak zev '' -lrb- `` sage rabbi isaac wolf '' -rrb- and `` the rov '' .
