Chaim Berlin (1832, Valozhyn – 1912, Jerusalem) (חיים ברלין) was an Orthodox rabbi and chief rabbi of Moscow from 1865 to 1889. He was the eldest son of the Netziv, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin.
Biography
Chaim Berlin was the son of Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, the Netziv, and his first wife.[1] He lived in Valozhyn, Belarus where he was head of a rabbinical court. In 1891, his father appointed him head of the Valozhyn yeshiva. There was controversy regarding this appointment as many students felt that Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik was more deserving to head the yeshiva.[2]
In 1892-1897, he served as rabbi of Kobryn (1892–1897) and from 1987, rabbi of Kropyvnytskyi.
Berlin left Russia in 1906 and settled in Jerusalem. He became the assistant chief rabbi of the Ashkenazi community with Rabbi Shmuel Salant. He also assisted Rabbi Salant in the management of the Rabbi Meir Baal Haneis Salant charity founded by Rabbis Zundel and Salant in 1860. After Rabbi Salant died at the end of 1909, Berlin led the Jerusalem Rabbinate and the Rabbi Meir Baal Haneis Salant charity until his death in 1913.
Legacy
Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, established in Brooklyn, New York in 1904, was renamed for Rabbi Chaim Berlin in 1914, at the suggestion of his brother, Rabbi Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan).
References
External links
- Biography of Rabbi Chaim Berlin
- Stampfer, Shaul (2011). Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century: Creating a Tradition of Learning. Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. ISBN 978-1-874774-79-2.
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