Remembering the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל
Rabbi Aaron Schechter זצ״ל served as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn, New York for decades, carrying forward the legacy of Rav Yitzchok Hutner זצ״ל. He passed away in August 2023.
These posts are personal essays written by a former talmid — not a biography, not a formal eulogy, but an attempt to record what it meant to learn under a genuine gadol, and what was lost when he passed.
The Series
Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part I Memories of the Rosh Yeshiva זצ״ל, Part II
I Weep Over This Beauty That Will Be Buried in Earth
The Reverence for your Teacher as the Reverence of Heaven
The Mashgiach
Shortly after the Rosh Yeshiva’s passing, his son Rabbi Mordechai Zelig Schechter זצ״ל — the Mashgiach of the yeshiva — also passed away.
The Mashgiach זצ״ל
Remembering the Mashgiach Rabbi Mordechai Zelig Schechter זצ״ל