Years: 1832–1912
Primary city: Valozyn
Rabbi Chaim Berlin was a communal rabbi and posek who served in major cities of the Russian Empire and later in Jerusalem. His extensive writings, primarily responsa, were collected and published posthumously under titles including Nishmat Chaim. The son of the Netziv, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, and great-grandson of Rabbi Chaim of Valozhyn, he succeeded his father as a rosh yeshiva in Valozhyn, served as chief rabbi of Moscow, and became a leading rabbinic authority in Jerusalem after the passing of Rabbi Shmuel Salant.