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Soloveitchik was educated in the traditional manner at a Talmud Torah, an elementary yeshiva, and by private tutors, as his parents realized his great mental powers.

According to a curriculum vitae written and signed in his own hand, in 1922 he graduated from the liberal arts ` Gymnasium ' in Dubno.

Thereafter he entered in 1924 the Free Polish University in Warsaw where he spent three terms, studying political science.

In 1926 he came to Berlin, Germany and entered the Friedrich Wilhelm University.

He passed the examination for supplementary subjects at the German Institute for Studies by Foreigners and was then given full matriculation at the University.

He took up studies in philosophy, economics and Hebrew subjects, simultaneously maintaining a rigorous schedule of intensive Talmud study.