Abba Mordechai Berman (; 1919–2005) was a Talmudist and rosh yeshiva (dean of studies) of Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud.
Early life Berman was born on Tu BiShvat 5679 (January 14/15, 1919)Fred Reiss, The Standard Guide to the Jewish and Civil Calendars, 1986; Berman House, West Orange, NJ; page: "Civil year 1919" in Łódź, Poland, to Shaul Yosef Berman, rosh yeshiva of Toras Chesed in Lodz.
Following his bar mitzvah at age thirteen, Berman studied in Yeshivas Mir where he became close to the mashgiach ruchani (dean of students), Yerucham Levovitz.The Legacy of Mir He was a study partner of Nachum Partzovitz.Staff. (25 April 2012) "Rav Abba Berman zt”l, On His Seventh Yahrtzeit, Today, 3 Iyar", Matzav.com. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
World War II Along with most of the student body of the Yeshivas Mir, Berman fled to Shanghai during World War II to escape being murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.
New York City Berman eventually migrated to the United States where he became one of the founding members of the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, where he married Itka Greenberg. "Gedolim Yahrtzeits", Chinuch.org Berman established Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud on Beach 17th Street in Far Rockaway, Queens.
Land of Israel After several years, Berman emigrated to Israel and re-established Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud in Bnai Brak. The yeshiva relocated to Jerusalem, then finally to the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Sefer in the West Bank. In his final years he served as rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Knesses Yitzchok of Chadera-Kiryat Sefer.
Death He died on May 12, 2005, corresponding to the 3rd of Iyar, 5765. His Talmudic lectures were published posthumously under the title "Iyun HaTalmud" (עיון התלמוד).
Berman and his wife had six daughters.
Notable students Chaim Malinowitz (1952 – 2019), rabbi in Ramat Beit Shemesh and editor of the Schottenstein Edition of the Babylonian Talmud Yerucham Olshin, rosh yeshiva in Beth Medrash Govoha Yisroel Eliyahu Weintraub, kabbalist
Publications Shiurei Iyun HaTalmud, on Seder Kodshim Shiurei Iyun HaTalmud, on Seder Nashim Shiurei Iyun HaTalmud, on Seder Nezikin Shiurei Gittin
External links Shiurim of Rabbi Abba Berman Extended Obituary of Rabbi Abba Berman
References