Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz of Kaminetz zt"l

הרב ברוך בער בן שמואל דוד ליבוביץ זצ"ל

Kislev 5 , 5700

Known As: Birkas Shmuel

Father's Name: Shmuel Dovid Leibowitz

Rav Boruch Ber Leibowitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Kamenitz, was born in Slutzk to Rav Shmuel Dovid Leibowitz, who was a close follower of the Rav of Slutzk, Rav Yosef Ber Soleveitchik. At the age of sixteen, he went to Volozhin and became the talmid muvhok of Rav Chaim Brisker. In 1903, he was invited to be Rosh Yeshiva of Knesses Bais Yitzchok in Slobodka. During World War I, the Yeshiva moved to Minsk, and in 1921, to Vilna. Finally, in 1926, it moved to Kamenitz. He was the father-in-law of Rav Reuven Grozovsky, who became his successor. He authored Birkas Shmuel on Shas.