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Barukh Ha-Levi Epstein
1860–1941
Barukh Ha-Levi Epstein was raised in Novarodik (Nowogrodek [Polish]; today, Navahrudak, Belarus), the son of the rabbi and scholar Yekhiel Mikhl Epstein (1830–1908). He studied in the Volozhyn yeshiva, wrote on Hebrew grammar, and is best known for his biblical and Talmudic commentaries, as well as his memoir, Mekor Barukh. The memoir provides one of the only sources for the life and thought of Rayna Batya Berlin, his aunt and the granddaughter of the founder of the Volozhyn yeshiva.
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Mekor Barukh—My Memoirs
In general, the power of the influence exerted by the Master, R. Mendele, on my revered father over many years since his return from (studying with) him, was very great. […