(1858-1936). Rabbinic scholar. Rozin was born in Rogachev in Belorussia (and hence is known as "the Rogachover"). Earning a reputation as a child prodigy, he studied under Joseph Baer Soloveichik in Slutsk from the age of 13, continuing his studies in Shklov, where he was drawn to ḥasidism, and in Warsaw. In 1899 he was appointed rabbi of Daugavpils (Dvinsk) on behalf of the Ḥasidim, and after fleeing in World War I officiated for the Ḥasidim in St. Petersburg for ten years before returning to Daugavpils.
Rozin wrote commentaries on the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds, the Pentateuch, and Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (all collected, together with his Responsa, under the general title Tsafenat Pane'aḥ). His comments on the Talmud were innovative and penetrating, offering new explanations in thousands of instances and based on an encyclopedic knowledge of the sources. From all these he drew freely in his extensive correspondence, always holding the Talmud supreme and personally only following those customs that could be traced to it. One of the greatest scholars of his age, he was humble and courteous and accessible to all who wished to consult him.
