We know very little information about Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin’s life. He was born in Volozhin and died in Volozhin. He had five children and founded the flagship yeshiva which became the paradigm of all future yeshivot. And after he died, his son, Yitzchak, published his three books, Nefesh Hachaim, Ruach Chaim and Chut Hameshulash.
