Yechiel Perr Explained

Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr (1935 – May 4, 2024) was an American rabbi. He was the founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Ayson (Yeshiva of Far Rockaway) in Far Rockaway, New York.

Biography

Yechiel Yitzchak Perr was born in 1935, and grew up in South Ozone Park, Queens, where his father, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Perr served as a rabbi for over 50 years.[1] He attended high school at Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin. After completing high school, he studied at the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, and then at Lakewood Yeshiva in Lakewood, New Jersey, under Rabbi Aharon Kotler from 1954 to 1962.[2] [3]

Rabbi Perr married Shoshana Nekritz, daughter of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Nekritz, granddaughter of Rabbi Avraham Yoffen, and great-granddaughter of 'the Alter of Novardok', Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horwitz. After his marriage he came into contact with the Novardok tradition. He went on to study at Yeshivat Beis Yosef-Novardok in Brooklyn, New York. In 1969, he established the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, which also runs a high school and an accredited rabbinical studies program.[2]

A series of his conversations on Mussar are described in the following books by Alan Morinis:

Rabbi Perr died on May 4, 2024, at the age of 89.[4]

Published works

Additionally, Rabbi Yehuda Keilson published two books, Mind Over Man and Faith Over Fear, based on Rabbi Perr's Mussar lectures on Madreigas Ha’adam.

On July 20, 2022, David Jemal published Choosing Not To Choose, based on Perr's Mussar lectures on the Tekufos Ha'Olam section of the Madreigas Ha'adam.

External links

Articles
Response to “Understanding the Criteria for the Chilazon” by Mendel E. Singer, Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. 40, Sukkot 2001
Mussar Articles
Letters
Books in Hebrew
Books in English
Rabbi Perr's Articles in "The Jewish Observer"

Bitachon Articles based on the Mussar Vaadim

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Perr. April 30, 2008 . August 25, 2011 . kevarim.com.
  2. Web site: Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Dinner Tonight, Ben Brafman to MC . Bernstein . Dovid . February 7, 2009 . August 25, 2011 . matzav.com.
  3. Kobre, Eytan. "Not Just a Malach, But a Saraf". Mishpacha, November 14, 2012, pp. 34 - 47.
  4. News: Rav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr zt”l . May 5, 2024 . Matzav . May 4, 2024.