Following his Bar Mitzvah, Berman learned in Yeshivas Mir where he became close to the mashgiach ruchani, Yerucham Levovitz.
Between sedorim (study sessions) in Shanghai he managed to obtain the only copy of Chaim Soloveitchik's chiddushim on the Rambam that was in the yeshiva.
Cutting down on the time he spent at meals, he toiled over Reb Chaim instead until he'd finished the entire sefer (book).
Berman eventually migrated to the United States where he became one of the founding members of the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, where he married Itka Greenberg.
[6] After several years, Berman emigrated to Israel and re-established Yeshivas Iyun HaTalmud in Bnai Brak.