Rav Shlomo Shimshon Karelitz zt"l
הרב שלמה שמשון בן מאיר קרליץ זצ"ל
Tishrei 10 , 5762
Rav Shlomo Shimshon Karelitz zt"l
Rav Shlomo Shimshon Karelitz (1910-2001). Born in Vilna on Tisha B'Av, his father, Rav Mayer was a moreh tzedek and the right-hand-man of the Chafetz Chaim and Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky. His grandfather was Rav Shemaryahu Karelitz, the rav of Kosova. The Chazon Ish, Rav Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, was Rav Shlomo Shimshon's uncle. When he was fourteen, Rav Shlomo Shimshon left Kosova and went to the Mirrer yeshivah, where he became the talmid muvhak of its mashgiach, Rav Yerucham Levovitz. Shortly before the rise of the Third Reich, Rav Shlomo Shimshon and his parents moved to Eretz Yisrael. Several years later, he served as a dayan in the Petach Tikvah beis din. His publications included Divrei Shlomo and Shu"t Ateres Yisrael on Choshen Mishpat and Even HaEzer.
