Netziv Rav Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin

Netziv - Rav Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin (1816-1893), Lithuania. In 1854, appointed head of the Volozhin yeshiva, where he introduced a style of Talmud study based on broad knowledge of tannaitic and geonic literature as well as the rishonim. Also emphasized the importance of the study of Torah and Nevi’im, giving a daily shiur on the weekly Parsha. In 1894, the Russian government forced him to close the yeshiva and demanded that secular studies replace Talmud study until 3:00 pm each day. He was the father of R’ Chaim Berlin and R’ Meir Bar-Ilan.