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'''Moshe Soloveichik''' (1879 in [[Valozhyn]] – January 31st, 1941), was an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[rabbi]]. He was the eldest son of renowned Rabbi [[Chaim Soloveitchik]] and grandson of the [[Beis HaLevi]]. He married Pesya Feinstein, daughter of the renowned Rabbi of [[Pruzany]], Rabbi [[Eliyahu Feinstein]], and first cousins with Rabbi [[Moshe Feinstein]].
At the age of 31, he was appointed rabbi of the town of [[Raseiniai]], a position he held for three years. In 1913, he took the position of rabbi of [[Khislavichi]]. After [[World War I]], he went to [[Poland]] in 1920, and served as the director of Talmud studies at Tachkemoni Rabbinical Seminary in Warsaw. From there he immigrated to New York in 1929, answering the call of Rabbi Dr. [[Bernard Revel]] to join the faculty as a [[Rosh Yeshiva]] at the [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]] of [[Yeshiva University]].
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