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RabbiAaron Morris Schechter
Schechter in the late 1970s
Personal life
Born	(1928-07-16)July 16, 1928 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	August 24, 2023(2023-08-24) (aged 95)
Spouse	Shoshana Roisa Leichtung
Children	Mordechai Zelig Zt"l, Nosson, Esther, Nechama, Yehudis
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Denomination	Haredi
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Yitzchak Hutner
Successor	Shlomo Halioua

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).

Early life

Aaron Moshe Schechter was born to Yosef and Fruma Rochel in Brooklyn, East New York. After studying at Yeshiva Toras Chaim elementary school, he went to high school at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, where he became a disciple of Yitzchak Hutner. He went on to study in Lakewood Yeshiva.

Rabbinic career

Hutner selected Schechter for leadership positions in the Yeshiva prior to Schechter's marriage. He encouraged Schechter to write a rabbinic commentary on a section of Mishneh Torah, which Schechter called Avodas Aharon.

Agudath Israel and Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

After Hutner's death in 1980, Schechter joined the Nesius (presidium) of Agudath Israel of America.

Schechter worked closely with two other early disciples of Hutner on the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah: 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).

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. After the dispute was settled, he returned.

Personal life and death

Schechter married Shoshana Roisa Leichtung in 1954. She served as the Principal of General Studies at Yeshiva of Brooklyn's girls' elementary school for over 20 years. She died on August 4, 2016. 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.

Works

• Avodas Aharon

External links

• Rabbi Schechter speaks to students on OU radio, December 28, 2006
• Participates in conference concerning conversions, February 7, 2007
• Endorses the outreach kiruv work of the oorah.org organization Archived February 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
• Member of rabbinical committee, Vaad L'Hatzolas Nidchei Yisroel
• Video of Rabbi Schechter speaking about reconciling Science and Torah

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. ^ (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. Hoffman, Rafael (August 4, 2016). "Rebbetzin Shoshana Schechter, A'h". Hamodia. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
8. (August 24, 2023) "Petirah of Rav Aharon Schechter ZT"L Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin", The Lakewood Scoop. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

v t e Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
Europe World Agudath Israel	Past members Avraham Mordechai Alter Meir Arik Dovid Bornsztain Shlomo Zalman Breuer Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Meir Simcha of Dvinsk Moshe Mordechai Epstein Avraham Yaakov Friedman Chaim Ozer Grodzinski Yisrael Meir Kagan Aharon Kotler Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern Meir Dan Plotzky Yitzhak Yaakov Rabinovich Sholom Dovber Schneersohn Meir Shapiro Chaim Soloveitchik Zalman Sorotzkin Yehuda Leib Tsirelson Shmuel Dovid Ungar Elchonon Wasserman Menachem Ziemba
Israel Agudat Yisrael Degel HaTorah	Past members Pinchas Menachem Alter Simcha Bunim Alter Yisrael Alter Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Yosef Shalom Eliashiv Aryeh Finkel Nosson Tzvi Finkel Avraham Yaakov Friedman Avraham Yaakov Friedman Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Yisroel Moshe Friedman Levi Yitzchak Horowitz Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz Isser Zalman Meltzer Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Yitzchok Scheiner Elazar Menachem Shach Yitzchak Isaac Sher Yochanan Sofer Zalman Sorotzkin Dov Yaffe Shabsi Yogel Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Gershon Edelstein Baruch Weisbecker Present members Yaakov Aryeh Alter Nachum Dov Brayer Menachem Mendel Hager Yisroel Hager Zvi Elimelech Halberstam Mayer Alter Horowitz Yissachar Dov Rokeach Moshe Hillel Hirsch Dov Lando Baruch Dov Povarsky Yitzchok Zilberstein Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
United States Agudath Israel of America	Past members Dovid Feinstein Moshe Feinstein Mordechai Shlomo Friedman Mordechai Gifter Refael Reuvain Grozovsky Shlomo Heiman Levi Yitzchak Horowitz Yitzchok Hutner Yaakov Kamenetsky Chaim Mordechai Katz Aharon Kotler Shneur Kotler Avraham Yaakov Pam Yaakov Perlow Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman Gedalia Schorr Eliezer Silver Joseph B. Soloveitchik Baruch Sorotzkin Yisrael Spira Elya Svei Mendel Zaks Aaron Schechter Present members Elya Brudny Hillel David Aharon Feldman Yosef Chaim Frankel Aharon Dovid Goldberg Yaakov Horowitz Shmuel Kamenetsky Malkiel Kotler Shlomo Miller Yerucham Olshin Yosef Harari Raful Yitzchok Sorotzkin Shimon Yehuda Svei
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• 1928 births
• 2023 deaths
• 20th-century American rabbis
• 21st-century American rabbis
• American Haredi rabbis
• Rosh yeshivas
• Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
• Orthodox rabbis from New York City
• Burials at Beth David Cemetery