Rabbi Naftali Amsterdam
Born	1832 (1832) Salantai (Salant), Lithuania[1]
Died	February 10, 1916 Jerusalem
Burial place	Mount of Olives
Occupation	Av Bais Din
Parent	Shlomo Amsterdam[2]

Naftali Amsterdam (1832–1916)^[1] was a Lithuanian-born Orthodox rabbi and a leader in the Mussar movement.

Mussar movement role

A student of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, the Mussar movement's founder, his teacher categorized the roles of three top followers as:

• Rabbi Yitzchok Blazer ("Reb Itzele Peterburger"): scholar
• Rabbi Simcha Zessel Ziv Broida: sage
• Rabi Naftali Amsterdam: pietist^[3]

Biography

Amsterdam was a rabbi and lived in

• Helsinki, 1867–1876
• St. Petersburg, 1876–1880
• Lithuania, 1880–1906 (Av Bais Din in Novograd)^[1]
• Jerusalem, 1906–1916. He moved to Israel shortly after the death of his wife.

He was buried on the Mount of Olives.