Yechezkel Sarna (1890–1969)[1] was a disciple of Nosson Tzvi Finkel, spiritual mentor of the Slabodka yeshiva.

His father, Yaakov Chaim, was the city's shochet (kosher slaughterer) and melamed, (schoolteacher and later its maggid (preacher).

Sarna's mother, Aidel, was the daughter of Shlomo Zalman Buxenbaum, a hassid of the Chiddushei Harim, and author of Rechovos Ir, a commentary on Midrash Rabba.

[4] When he was 11 he was sent to the Ohr Hachaim yeshiva in Slabodka, headed by Tzvi Levitan, a student of l Simcha Zissel Ziv.

[4] Shortly after the Slabodka yeshiva had arrived in Minsk, which was near the battlefront, it was forced to flee to a safer city, Kremenchuk.

During this period, he developed close relationships with the Chofetz Chaim and Raduń's rosh yeshiva, Naftoli Trop.

[3] At that period, Sarna assumed a significant role in the yeshiva's leadership, delivering shiurim (lectures) and coordinating study schedules.

After the founding of the State of Israel, Sarna served as one of the leaders of the Chinuch Atzmai Torah School Network.