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Belarusian Orthodox rabbi (–)

Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (20 November – 10 August ), also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, and commonly known by the acronym Netziv, was an Orthodoxrabbi, rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Volozhin Yeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania.

Biography

Early life

The Netziv was the eldest son of Yaakov Berlin, a merchant and Torah scholar in the city of Mir. His paternal lineage traces back to Rabbi Elchanan of Berlin, known as "R' Elchanan Ba'al HaTosafot" due to his profound Torah knowledge, comparable to that of the Tosafists.^[1] On his maternal side, his lineage goes back to Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt, author of the responsa "Panim Meirot." Rabbi Sholom Schwadron recounted^[2] that in his youth, the Netziv struggled with his studies, and his father considered sending him to learn a trade.

In response, the boy cried for a long time until the gates of wisdom were opened fo