Baruch Dayan Ha-Emet: Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein

The Jewish world mourns the passing of  Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein, Senior Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, and one of the most influential voices in the Orthodox community.  Rav Lichtenstein was a world-renowned Torah scholar, whose classes, writings and personal conduct have served as an inspiration and model to so many in our community and beyond.  (For more information – including a biography, tributes, and Torah classes, please see here.)

The funeral will take place in Israel on, Tuesday April 21, at 10:00 a.m. at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shevut, followed by burial on Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem.  Shiva will be observed at Maginei HaGush 48 in Alon Shevut.

Rabbi Lichtenstein, the son-in-law of the late Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, is survived by his wife, Dr. Tovah; his children Yitzchak, Moshe, Meir, Shai, Esti, and Tonya; by two sisters, Hadassah Kleiman and Shoshana Lichtenstein; and thousands of disciples throughout the world.

I hope to share some additional reflections in the next few days, but, for now, let me just say that the world has lost a great light in the passing of Rav Lichtenstein.