It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Ayson of Far Rockaway. He was 89.
Rav Perr grew up in South Ozone Park, Queens, where his father, Rav Menachem Mendel Perr, served as rov for over 50 years. He was a son of Rav Menachem Mendel and Rebbetzin Leah Perr.
He attended high school at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin and then at Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, where he learned under the rosh yeshiva, Rav Aharon Kotler, from 1954 to 1962. Rav Aharon sent Rav Perr to learn at Yeshiva of Philadelphia and be a member of the group of the founding talmidim of the yeshiva.
Rav Perr married his wife, Rebbetzin Shoshana, née Nekritz, daughter of Rav Yehuda Leib Nekritz, granddaughter of Rav Avraham Jofen, and great-granddaughter of the Alter of Novardok.
In 1969, he founded Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, which he led for decades together with the late menahel, Rav Ahron Brafman. With remarkable dedication, Rav Perr grew the yeshiva into a bastion of Torah, educating and inspiring generations of talmidim. Rav Perr was not just a brilliant talmid chochom, but a consummate baal mussar and an extraordinary mechanech. He was unique in so many ways and his petirah leaves a gaping void in the hearts of all who were fortunate to know him and be uplifted by his example.
Rav Perr is survived by his illustrious wife, Rebbetzin Shoshana Perr, and their children and grandchildren.
The levayah will be held Sunday, at 11 a.m., at Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, located at 802 Hicksville Road in Far Rockaway, NY. The aron will then be flown to Eretz Yisroel for kevurah on Har Hamenuchos in Yerushalayim.
Yehi zichro boruch.
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Huge tzadik
Very big loss for klal Yisrael
I may be wrong, but, based on his age, he probably learned in Philadelphia under Rav Dov Schwartzman zt”l and Rav Elya Svei zt”l. Rav Shmuel זאל געזונט און שטארק זיין became Rosh Yeshivah only after Rav Dov left and moved to Eretz Yisroel.
Rav Shmuel Shlita founded the Yeshiva. His 1st shutuf was Rav Dov Schwartzman Zt’l. After Rav Dov left, Rav Elya Zt’l came.
You are far from wrong.Pathetic censorship
Correct .. December of ’56
Rav Perr ztvkl was already by Rav Aaron ztvkl when Rav Aron sent him along with 9 other Talmidim to start the Philadelphia Yeshiva under Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky shlita and yblct Rav Dov Schwartzman ztvkl. Rav Elya Svei only joined the Philadelphia Yeshiva after Rav Dov left to Eretz Yisroel.
My mistake. I meant to say that it was Rav Elya who came only after Rav Dov left. Of course it was Rav Shmuel and Rav Dov who founded the Yeshivah in Philadelphia. Sorry.
Anonymous, you have it backwards. Reb Elya came after Reb Dov left
He learned by R’ Leib Hyman’s yeshiva in Boston for a very short period
Anyone know if there is a livestream/ telephone hookup to the leavaya?
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To the whole family of Perr i felt very close with him and the Rebness Shoshana from all summers in camp bnos it was my high lights of camp spritz and having good time ever week the Rebniess teaches us Chummush every shabbos and whoever has answers for her we use to go to her and she gives out a dollar every week i felt very close with both of them and i really learned lot from them and watching everything is going on i feel that sometimes it is hard to say to anyone for this i wanted to share this because i feel very close with this family and especially Shoshana why because she was amazing person and that is what her husband is amazing role model for everyone from camp bnos the years that we had them i don’t know exactly for how long but i know how long it was since i started when i was young girl and i always talk to them all the time the whole camp bnos will not be the same without both of you we all feel for you and hopefully Hashem will help us go through I really feel that the Rav wife its someone very incredible person to be with she knows almost everything and i was amazed we will truly miss him the years the whole summers we had with you i hope everting will go well iyh i hope we should have more happiness and more strength
He also served as Menahel in Kaminetz Mesivta in Boro Park on 9th avenue and 49st. he was my Menahel in 1968-69 before he left to start Yeshiva of FR. He was warm, compassionate and treated every bochur as a specail person. He instilled in us a feeling of pride in learng and being a normal Ben Torah
He set the foundation for many of us to commit to Torah leanring as a way of life at a time when it was not too common in Bklyn.