Rabbi Chaim Berlin | |
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Title | Chief Rabbi of Moscow |
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Born | Chaim Berlin December 1832 |
Died | 24 September 1912 | (aged 79–80)
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | Russian Empire |
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Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
Alma mater | Volozhin Yeshiva |
Occupation | Rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva |
Position | Chief Rabbi |
Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
Yeshiva | Volozhin Yeshiva |
Began | 1865 |
Ended | 1889 |
Other | Chief Rabbi of Kobryn (1892–1897) and Kropyvnytskyi (1897–1906) |
Yahrtzeit | 13 Tishrei 5673 |
Buried | Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, Jerusalem |
Residence | Moscow, Kobryn, Kropyvnytskyi, and later Jerusalem |
Chaim Berlin (1832, Valozhyn – 1912, Jerusalem) (חיים ברלין) was an Orthodox rabbi and chief rabbi of Moscow from 1865 to 1889.[1] He was the eldest son of the Netziv, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin.[2]