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Copy of the Natziv and His Son: Midrash Aggadat Bereshit Warsaw, 1876 - Midrash Aggadat Bereshit, Midrash Aggadah on Chumash Bereshit. Warsaw -1876. 66 leaves. Some moth perforations. Stains and other blemishes. Good overall condition.  On the title page, the following leaf and the last leaf, stamps of the Natziv of Volozhin: ”נפתלי צבי יהודא ברלין ר”מ דק”ק וולאזין” and the handwritten signature of his son, ”Meir Berlin”. Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin  - the Natziv of Volozhin (1817-1893) the son of Rabbi Yaakov and one of the most well-known sages of Eastern Europe in the 19th century. For around 40 years he headed the Volozhin Yeshiva, succeeding his father-in-law, Rabbi Itzileh of Volozhin. He was the father-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. He authored the commentary Ha'amek She’elah on the She’iltot, and Ha'amek Davar on the Torah, Rina shel Torah on Shir HaShirim, Meromi Sadeh on the Shas, and Shut Meishiv Davar. His youngest son, Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan (Berlin) (1880-1949) a Zionist author and activist, a leader of the Mizrachi and Religious Zionism. He founded the HaTzofeh newspaper and the Talmudic Encyclopedia and was its first editor. He also established the Yeshiva University in the USA.