Chaim of Volozhin, Orthodox rabbi (died 1821)

Chaim of Volozhin

Belarusian Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and ethicist

Chaim of Volozhin was a rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist. Popularly known as "Reb Chaim Volozhiner" or simply as "Reb Chaim", he was born in Volozhin when it was a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He died there while it was under the control of the Russian Empire.