Thursday, August 24, 2023

Rav Ahron Schecter RY Chaim Berlin Passes at 95

Hagaon Harav Aharon Schechter ZT”L, Rosh Yeshiva of Chaim Berlin, and member of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of Agudath Yisrael of America, passed away, he was 95.

The Rosh Yeshiva has been unwell the past two years, and wad Niftar early this morning.

The Levaya will be held today at around noon at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin, on Coney Island Ave between Avenue L and Avenue M. Exact time will be updated when confirmed. Kevura will be in Long Island.

Rav Aharon was a Talmid Muvhak of the late Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon HaRav Hutner Zt”l, who appointed Rav Aharon as Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva. He was a brilliant Talmid Chochom, and delivered a daily Shiur in the Yeshiva for many decades, as he was Mechanech thousands upon thousands of Bochrim, Yungerleit and doros of Mishpachos.

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 25, 2023 at 4:42 AM

    Never knew that Rav Hutner appointed him.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 26, 2023 at 12:37 AM

    He drove out various people but may have been the wosh of Rabbi H. Broad-minded enough to appoint his brilliant non-Ashkenazi son-in-law as successor. Nice to baalei teshuva and day school kids and very photogenic.

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