Dovid Barkin
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Rabbi Dovid Barkin is a former Rosh Yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...

 of the famed Telshe yeshiva
Telshe yeshiva
Telshe yeshiva was a famous Eastern European yeshiva founded in the Lithuanian town of Telšiai. After World War II the yeshiva relocated to Wickliffe, Ohio, in the United States and is currently known as the Rabbinical College of Telshe, It is one of the most prominent Haredi institutions of Torah...

 in Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
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Rabbi Dovid Barkin married Miriam, the daughter of Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Blochhttp://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tworld/rbloch.html. As the Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe, Rabbi Barkin's lectures on the Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....

 became quite popular and they have been uploaded to the internet and made available to the general public.

In 2001, Rabbi Dovid Barkin was amongst the eulogizers at the funeral of Rabbi Mordechai Gifter
Mordechai Gifter
Rabbi Mordechai Gifter was the rosh yeshiva of the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland and among the foremost religious leaders of Orthodox Jewry in the late 20th century. He studied in yeshivas in Lithuania and held several rabbinical positions in the United States of America.-Biography:Mordechai Gifter...

http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5761/voera/argifter.htm.

After a prolonged illness, he died on December 20, 2006 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=4287. His funeral was broadcast worldwide live via conference call for all of his students to participate http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=4296. On the thirty-day anniversary of his death, Rabbi Barkin was eulogized in Lakewood, NJ by Rabbi Malkiel Kotler and Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin
Yitzchok Sorotzkin
Avrohom Yitzchok Sorotzkin is a prolific writer and former Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe yeshiva. He currently delivers the most advanced Talmudic lecture at the Mesivta of Lakewood. Rabbi Sorotzkin is widely recognized as a Gadol and leader of American Orthodox Jewry....

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=4617.

He is survived by his sons-in-law, Rabbi Nisson Rottenberg http://www.hac1.org/pdf/2008_Jan_News.pdf and Rabbi Avrohom Notis http://rischandioraysa1.blogspot.com/2010/04/fighting-in-new-hanhala-continues.html.

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