Monsey Scoop regrets to inform you of the petirah of Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L, who served for decades as a rav and rosh yeshiva in Monsey. He was 91.
The levaya will take place Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. at Beis Knesset Hanassi in Jerusalem. Kevurah will be on Har HaZeisim.
Rabbi Wein was born in Chicago into a family descended from Lithuanian rabbanim. After working as a successful attorney in Chicago, he left the legal field in 1964 to assume the pulpit of Beth Israel Congregation in Miami Beach, Florida, where he served until 1972.
In 1973, he became the Rav of Congregation Bais Torah in Monsey (Suffern), New York, where he remained for 24 years. During that time, he also served as Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union (OU) and as Rabbinic Administrator of the OU Kashrus Division.
In 1977, Rabbi Wein founded Yeshiva Shaarei Torah in Suffern, which grew into a major yeshiva with both high school and post-high school divisions. He served as its Rosh Yeshiva until 1997.
That year, Rabbi Wein and his wife moved to Jerusalem, where he continued teaching and writing. In 2002, he was invited to become Mora D’asra of Beit Knesset Hanassi.
Rabbi Wein authored numerous seforim and English-language works, including Chikrei Halacha (1976) and Iyunim B’Masechtos HaTalmud (1989). He became world-renowned for his Torah teachings and his many historical writings, lectures, and recordings, which inspired countless Jews across the globe.
Baruch Dayan Ha’emes.