Final Months
After the closure, Berlin traveled to Vilna and other cities, trying to clear the yeshiva's debt.
In the last few months of Berlin's life he suffered from diabetes and the consequences of a stroke. While he intended to travel to the Land of Israel, his medical condition made this impossible. He spent his last weeks in Warsaw, and died there on August 10, 1893.)
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