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Naftali Trop. HaGranat. Slobodka. שעורי הגרנ״ט על יבמות וכתובות
“Published: 1954 תשט”ו. Publisher: Y. Kohen” Hebrew
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“This poignant scene captures the extraordinary bond Rav Naftoli formed with his students—a bond that transcended the grave. His chiddushim (novellae), published as Chiddushei HaGrenat, remain cornerstones of yeshiva study worldwide. The analytical method he perfected continues to shape how Torah is studied in yeshivas across the globe ” via VinNews

Rabbi Naftali Trop (1871-1928) was born in Grodno. At 14 he left to learn in Kelm, where his study partner for ten years was Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz, who went on to become mashgiach of the Mir yeshiva. Rabbi Trop proceeded to briefly study in Slabodka and Telz, where he became close to Rabbi Eliezer Gordon. He learned for a short time in the Novardok yeshiva in Slonim, where he formed a close relationship with Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horwitz (known as “the Alter of Novardok”). In 1889, when Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak (Itzele) Rabinowitz was appointed rosh yeshiva at Slobodka,

Rabbi Trop returned to Slobodka to study under Rabbi Rabinowitz. He was greatly influenced by the mussar movement approach he chiefly absorbed in Kelm, but also in Slobodka and by means of his contact with Rabbi Horowitz in Slonim. After four years of studying in Kelm, Rabbi Trop was appointed rosh yeshiva of the Or HaChaim yeshiva in Slabodka, by its founder, Rabbi Tzvi (Hirshel) Levitan. In 1903, by invitation of the Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Trop replaced Rabbi Moshe Landinski as rosh yeshiva in Raduń, where he remained for the rest of his life. Among his students in Radin were Rabbis Dovid Leibowitz, Yechezkel Sarna and Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman. Rabbi Kahaneman studied for over five years in Raduń under Rabbi Trop