Netziv Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin | |
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Title | Rabbi |
Personal | |
Born | Mir, Russian Empire | November 20, 1816
Died | August 10, 1893 Warsaw, Poland | (aged 76)
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | Russian |
Children | Chaim Berlin, Meir Bar-Ilan |
Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
Position | Rosh yeshiva |
Yeshiva | Volozhin Yeshiva |
Yahrtzeit | 28 Av 5653 |
Buried | Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw |
Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (20 November 1816 – 10 August 1893), also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, and commonly known by the acronym Netziv, was an Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Volozhin Yeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania.