Editing Saul Lieberman (section)

==Early life{{Anchor|Biography}}==
Born in [[Motal]], near [[Pinsk]] in the [[Russian Empire]] (now [[Belarus]]), he studied at the [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[yeshivot]] of Malch, [[Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Slabodka)|Slobodka]], and [[Novardok Yeshiva|Novardok]], where, at age 18, he received his [[semikha]] (rabbinic [[ordination]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Rakeffet-Rothkoff |first=Aaron |date=2007 |title=A Note on R. Saul Lieberman and the Rav |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23263520 |journal=Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=68–74 |jstor=23263520 |issn=0041-0608}}</ref> While studying at the Slobodka yeshiva, he befriended [[Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman]] and [[Yitzchak Hutner]], both of whom would become leaders of great seminaries in America.

In the 1920s, he attended the Kyiv Gymnasium and [[Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv|University of Kyiv]]. Following a short stay in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], he continued his studies in [[France]]. In 1928, he settled in [[Jerusalem]]. He studied Talmudic [[philology]] and Greek language and literature at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].