Volozhin Yeshiva: R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) is Now Dominant. Descriptions of Some of the Students. What Made Volozhin Special for Them. Writing Biographies. Graetz. Historical Development of Talmud - Apr 1, 2024 - Shabbtai Tzvi, his effect on Sephardim, R' Emden vs. R' Eybeschutz, Cleves get & all of the above, their impact on rise of Reform Judaism. Israeli Post office. R' Friedman regretted contributing to responsum permitting driving on Shabbat. How birth of Conservative Judaism could've been prevented. Netziv is now dominant. His appreciation for haskalah, Zionism, & other areas, but never inside the yeshiva. Why no biographies were written until the 1800s. Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport wrote biographies. Barbara Streisand. Hesped for R' Aharon Lichtenstein. ישיבות ליטא פרקי זכרונות by עמנואל אטקס, שלמה טיקוצ'ינסקי Rose Lieberman and the 6th Rebbe. The 400 Volozhin students were multi-faceted. Many students appreciated 'History of the Jews,' by Graetz. R' Hirsch did not. The student who was driven away from his wife & child then found solace in Volozhin. The Rav's semikhah. The student who read Graetz and literature at midnight. Individuals who dealt with historical development of the Talmud beginning with 'Darkei ha-Mishnah,' by Zecharias Frankel. The wealthy student's library. R' Melech Schachter's doctoral dissertation. R' Rakeffet's 1972 speech about President of Israel.