ברוך דיין האמת: הגאון רבי אהרן שכטר זצ"ל זקן ראשי הישיבות בארה"ב וראש ישיבת רבנו חיים ברלין

  תורה תורה חגרי שק עולם התורה באבל 

The Torah world was plunged into mourning with news of the Petirah of Hagson Harav Aharon Moshe Shechter Zatzal Rosh Yeshivas Mesivta Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin and senior Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of Agudath Yisrael of America. He was 94. His rebbetzin, Shoshana A"H was niftar in 2016. The levayah will take place Thursday, 12:45 Pm until 2:00pm , at Yeshivah Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, on Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue L and Avenue M.  The kevurah will be in Long Island at the Beth David cemetery.

Baruch Dayan HaEmes

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Statement from Agudath Yisroel:

Boruch Dayan Ha'emes. Agudath Israel of America is devastated at the loss today of one of the great Torah leaders of our generation, Rav Aharon Schechter, zt”l. Rav Schechter was Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva and Mesivta Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah for decades.  "There are no words. We are reeling,” said Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, executive vice president of Agudath Israel. “Rav Schechter was a true exemplar of da'as Torah, and a tangible link to the Torah and hashkofah of his great Rebbe, the Rosh HaYeshiva Rav Yitzchok Hutner zt’l. His involvement in the many needs of Klal Yisroel was legendary. The entire Jewish world has suffered a terrible blow with his death.”

The levaya is scheduled for 12:45 pm in Brooklyn at Yeshiva Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, 1585 Coney Island Avenue, between Avenues L and M). May we share besoros tovos.

Matzav.com- Rav Schechter was born in 1928 in Brooklyn, NY, a son of R’ Yossel (Joe) and Rose Schechter. R’ Yossel was one of the stalwart baalei batim in the East New York section of the city.

In his youth, Rav Schechter studied at Yeshiva Toras Chaim, led by Rav Isaac Schmidman, whom he credited for providing him with a Torah-true chinuch that was a rarity at the time. Even years later, Rav Schechter would speak of Rav Schmidman and his efforts to provide a Yiddishe education to the youngsters then, paying tribute to him as a pioneer whose influence changed the trajectory of the lives of those youths, including Rav Aharon.

After elementary school, Rav Schechter joined Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin. Rav Schechter’s reputation as a brilliant ben Torah grew, earning him the admiration and respect of his fellow talmidim and the rabbeim. 

Rav Schechter ultimately became a close talmid of the rosh yeshiva, Rav Yitzchok Hutner. Rav Hutner nurtured the young, budding talmid chochom.