R. Noah Hayyim Zevi Berlin (1734–1802), was born in Fuerth and was the son of Abraham Meir Berlin, the communal leader of Franconia. He became a dayyan at Fuerth in 1764 and later served as rabbi in Bayersdorf and Bayreuth. In 1783 Berlin was appointed rabbi of Mainz and the surrounding district. His appointment was ratified by the prince elector. He established a yeshivah at Mainz, and lived there until 1799 when he succeeded R. Raphael ha-Kohen as the rabbi of the united communities of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbeck. R. Berlin showed skill and tact in uniting the various elements in these communities. Wolf Heidenheim was his most outstanding pupil. R. Berlin wrote Azei Almuggim (1779), a commentary on the hand-washing ritual, eruvei hazerot, and marriages forbidden by rabbinical enactment; Azei Arazim (1790), a commentary on the Shulhan Arukh, Even ha-Ezer. Two further works, Azei Besamim and Azei Levonah, remained unpublished. He wrote glosses to the tractates of Berakhot (1829), Shabbat (1832), and Shevuot. The last was published in the Vilna edition of the Talmud. There is a rational basis to his explanation of the halakhah, and he makes use of the Jerusalem Talmud.

ההסכמות ניתנו לאח המחבר, ר' ארי' ליב בערלין, אב"ד קאסל, המוציא לאור. תרי"ג מצוות ערוכות בחרוזים עם פירוש סביבן. הסכמות: ר' צבי הירש מזאמשט [באשקא], אלטונא, ח מרחשון תקס"ד; ר' משלם זלמן הכהן, פיורד, ז אב תקס"ג.