Tzvi Berkowitz

Tzvi Berkowitz

Rabbi Tzvi Berkowitz is a leading Talmudist at Ner Israel Rabbinical College and lectures the highest shiur/class numbering over one hundred students.

Born in San Francisco to Holocaust survivors of Gerrer descent, at a young age he went to Yeshivas Ner Israel and demonstrated from the beginning his trademark diligence and brilliance, causing his ascent to the faculty of the institution. He is married to Ettil, the daughter of the world-renowned Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky (also a Ner Yisroel alumnus), and has fourteen children.


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