Aaron Moshe Schechter (or Aharon Moshe Schechter, July 16, 1928 – August 24, 2023) was an American Haredi rabbi. He was the rosh yeshiva (Dean) of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and its post-graduate Talmudical division, Kollel Gur Aryeh. He also served on the presidium of Agudath Israel of America and was a member of that organization's Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages).[1][2]

Early life

Aaron Moshe Schechter was born to Yosef and Fruma Rochel[3] in Brooklyn, East New York.[4] After attending Yeshiva Toras Chaim Elementary School, he studied at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin for high school, where he became a disciple of Yitzchak Hutner. He continued his studies in Lakewood Yeshiva.[5]

Rabbinic career

Yeshiva Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin

Hutner appointed Schechter to leadership positions in the Yeshiva before Schechter's marriage. He encouraged Schechter to write rabbinic literature on a section of Mishneh Torah, which Schechter titled Avodas Aharon.[6]

Agudath Israel and Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

After Hutner's passing in 1980, Schechter became a member of the Nesius (presidium) of Agudath Israel of America.[7]

Schechter collaborated with Aharon Feldman of Yeshiva Ner Yisrael, and Yaakov Perlow, the Rebbe of Novominsk, who was appointed Rosh Agudas Yisroel (head of Agudath Israel of America); both were also early disciples of Hutner, on the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah.[7]

On January 13, 2015, Schechter resigned from the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah over a dispute regarding internal dissent in the World Agudath Israel-affiliated Degel Hatorah; he returned after the dispute was settled.[citation needed]

Personal life and death

Schechter married Shoshana Roisa Leichtung in 1954. She was the Principal of General Studies at Yeshiva of Brooklyn's girls' elementary school for over 20 years. She died on August 4, 2016.[8] Their two sons and three daughters are all connected to Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin. Mordechai Zelig Schechter served as the mashgiach ruchani (spiritual supervisor) until his petira (Tishrei 5784). Their eldest daughter Esther Yormark, a teacher at Beis Yaakov Academy in Brooklyn, is married to Eliyahu, a teacher in Chaim Berlin. Nechama was married to HoRav Shlomo Halioua, who succeeded Schechter as rosh yeshiva (dean) until his death on October 27, 2024 (25 Tishrei 5785). Yehudis Senderovitz is married to Yitzchak Meir, who is also a teacher there. Nosson Schechter is a mohel.

Schechter died in Brooklyn on August 24, 2023, at the age of 95.[4][9]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Six Gedolim Added To Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah Of Agudas Yisroel". TheYeshivaWorld.com. September 14, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah Call on Community to Achieve Improvements; New Chavrei HaMoetzes Welcomed". Hamodia. September 14, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  3. ^ (August 16, 2023) "Tefillos for Rav Aharon Schechter", matzav.com. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  4. ^ a b (August 24, 2023) "BD'E: Harav Aharon Schechter, Zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivas Chaim Berlin", Hamodia. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  5. ^ Dershowitz, Yitzchok (2005). A Living 'Mishnas Rav Aharon': The Legacy of Maran Rav Aharon Kotler. Feldheim, Jerusalem.
  6. ^ Schechter, Aharon Moshe (1957). Sefer Avodat Aharon. Shulsinger Brothers.
  7. ^ a b "Aaron Schechter - Biography — JewAge". www.jewage.org. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  8. ^ Hoffman, Rafael (August 4, 2016). "Rebbetzin Shoshana Schechter, A'h". Hamodia. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  9. ^ (August 24, 2023) "Petirah of Rav Aharon Schechter ZT"L Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin", The Lakewood Scoop. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
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