Simcha Rappaport
Rabbi Simcha Hagadol HaKohen Rappaport was a 17th-century rabbi and progenitor of the Rappaport rabbinic dynasties. Born in about 1650 in Lwów L'viv, Poland,. His father, Rabbi Nachman Lipshitz (Rappaport) was a Rabbi in the city of Belz, Kremnitz, Dubno, and Av Beit Din in Lublin. He was a direct descendant of Ezra HSofer, He was also a descendant of the MaHaRam through his mother. In his early years Rappaport studied in L'viv. In 1688 he was appointed the Chief Rabbi of Horodna. After the passing of the Chacham Tzvi he was appointed to be Av [Beit Din|Av Bris Din] of Levov, although he died on the way there on August 4, 1718 in Szczebrzeszyn. The Soloveitchik dynasty says Rappaport is a notable ancestor and progenitor.
Notable descendants
- Chaim Soloveitchik
- Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi)
- Joseph B. Soloveitchik
- Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik
- Moshe Soloveichik
- Berel Soloveichik
- Meshulam Dovid Soloveichik
- Ahron Soloveichik
- Samuel Soloveichik
- Moshe Meiselman
- Haym Soloveitchik
- Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveichik
- Mosheh Lichtenstein
- Mayer Twersky
- Meir Soloveichik
- Yitzchok Lichtenstein
- Esti Rosenberg
- Ezra Bick
- Meir Kahane
- Pinchas Horowitz