Dovid Barkin

{{Infobox rabbi

| honorific-prefix = Rabbi

| name = Dovid Barkin

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Rav Dovid Barkin.jpg

| alt = Rabbi Dovid Barkin

| caption = Rabbi Dovid Barkin

| birth_name = David Barkin

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|10|24|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|12|20|1945|10|24|mf=y}}

| death_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

| nationality = American

| spouse = Miriam Bloch

| parents = Rabbi Kalmen Barkin and Golda Barkin

| children =

| denomination = Orthodox

| occupation = Rosh yeshiva

| yeshiva = Telshe yeshiva

| yeshivaposition = Rosh Yeshiva

| semicha =

| main_work = Lectures on the Talmud

| predecessor = Rabbi Mordechai Gifter

| successor = Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin

}}

Rabbi Dovid Barkin (born David Barkin; October 24, 1945 – December 20, 2006)Ohio, Death Records, 1908–1932, 1938–2007 was an American Rosh Yeshiva of the famed Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio.

Rabbi Barkin was born in Chicago to Rabbi and Mrs. Kalmen and Golda Barkin, Lithuanian Jews.1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census He married Miriam Bloch, the daughter of Telzer Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch.{{Cite web |title=Rabbi Eliahu Meir Bloch |url=http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tworld/rbloch.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605072712/http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tworld/rbloch.html |archive-date=2011-06-05 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=www.tzemachdovid.org}} As the Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe, Rabbi Barkin's lectures on the Talmud 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.{{Cite web |title=Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - NEWS |url=http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5761/voera/argifter.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526041650/http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5761/voera/argifter.htm |archive-date=2011-05-26 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=chareidi.shemayisrael.com}}

He died on December 20, 2006.{{Cite web |date=2006-12-20 |title=Reb Dovid Barkin ZATZAL |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/uncategorized/4287/reb-dovid-barkin-zatzal.html |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=www.theyeshivaworld.com |language=en-US}} His funeral was broadcast worldwide live via conference call for all of his students to participate.{{Cite web |date=2006-12-21 |title=Levaya of R’ Dovid Barkan ZATZAL |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/uncategorized/4296/levaya-of-r-dovid-barkan-zatzal.html |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=www.theyeshivaworld.com |language=en-US}} On the 30-day anniversary of his death, Rabbi Barkin was eulogized in Lakewood, NJ by Rabbi Malkiel Kotler and Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin.{{Cite web |date=2007-01-17 |title=Lakewood: Shloshim for R’ Dovid Barkan |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/uncategorized/4617/lakewood-shloshim-for-r-dovid-barkan.html |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=www.theyeshivaworld.com |language=en-US}}