Aryeh Leib Baron
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Baron | |
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Personal | |
Born | March 2, 1912 Horodok, Minsk Region, Russian Empire |
Died | October 3, 2011 |
Religion | Judaism |
Parents |
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Alma mater | Baranovich Yeshiva Mir Yeshiva |
Position | Rabbi |
Synagogue | Beis Medrash Merkaz HaTalmud |
Position | Rosh yeshiva |
Yeshiva | Yeshiva Merkaz HaTorah Beis Medrash Merkaz HaTalmud Yeshiva Ahavas HaTorah Baranovich |
Yahrtzeit | ו' תשרי תשע"ב |
Buried | Har HaMenuchot |
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Baron (March 2, 1912 – October 3, 2011) was the rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Merkaz HaTorah and the rabbi of Beis Medrash Merkaz HaTalmud in Montréal, Canada, as well as the founder of Yeshiva Ahavas Torah Baranovich in Jerusalem.
Early life[]
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Baron was born on March 2, 1912 in the town of Horodok[a] in the Minsk Region of Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire,[1] to Reuven Baranovich (his last name, Baron, is a shortened version of "Baranovich"). His Hebrew birthday was on Taanis Esther.[2] In his youth, he studied under Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz in Rakov and later at a yeshiva in Stowbtsy, Belarus.[3] As a younger man, he studied in the Baranovich Yeshiva under Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman and Rabbi David Rappoport. Rabbi Wasserman used the notes that he took in shiur (class) to publish his sefer, Kovetz He'aros. He also developed a close relationship with Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Lubchansky, the mashgiach in Baranovich and ate Shabbos meals at his house for a time. In the early 1930s, Rabbi Baron went to study in the Mir Yeshiva, where he stayed until the outbreak World War II, when the yeshiva escaped to Vilnius. In 1940, with the aid of Japanese consul to Kaunas, Chiune Sugihara, the yeshiva fled Nazi Europe to Kobe, Japan, from where they were transferred to Shanghai.[4] After several years, much of the yeshiva emigrated to the United States, Rabbi Baron included. He then married the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Eliezer Samson, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim in Baltimore.[5]
Rabbinic career[]
In 1948, Rabbi Baron was appointed rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Merkaz HaTorah in Montréal,[3] replacing Rabbi Eliyahu Simcha Chazzan who had become rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaath in New York in 1945.[6] He stayed as rosh yeshiva for 24 years, often sending students to learn in the major yeshivos in the United States. In 1973, he founded Beis Medrash Merkaz HaTalmud which he led until his move to Israel. He also founded Yeshiva Ahavas HaTorah Baranovich in Jerusalem.[7]
On October 3, 2011, Rabbi Baron passed away,[8] a few months after his hundredth birthday. He was buried on Har HaMenuchos.[9]
Notes[]
- ^ There are two places in the Minsk Region using this name: and . Since Google Maps doesn't recognize Syomkov Gorodok, and simply lists a "Gorodok", it is more like the latter, but may be either.
References[]
- ^ "A litvak in montreal: the thought of rabbi aryeh leib baron". Proquest.com. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ Sever, Yechiel. "HaRav Aryeh Leib Baron zt"l". Chareidi.org.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Shuchat, Raphael (Spring 2016). "A Litvak in Montreal: The Thought of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Baron". Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. 49 (1): 8–30. JSTOR 44736762.
- ^ "The Rescue of the Mir Yeshiva". Yadvashem.org. Yad Vashem. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Rav Aryeh Leib Baron zt"l". October 3, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Moreinu Horav Eliyohu Simcha Halevi Chazan zt"l" (PDF). Torahvodaath.org. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath.
Moreinu Horav Eliyahu Simcha HaLevi Chazan zt'l. 5668/1908 – 5742/1982. With Torah Vodaath form 1945-1982.
- ^ "Baranovich Today". Baranovich.org. Yeshiva Ahavas Torah.
- ^ "Rav Aryeh Leib Baron zt"l". Matzav.com.
Oct 3, 2011 - It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Rav Aryeh Leib Baron ... Rav Baron was a longtime member of the Montreal community
- ^ Sever, Yechiel. "Harav Aryeh Leib Baron zt"l". Chareidi.org.
- 2011 deaths
- Canadian Haredi rabbis
- Jews from Quebec
- Haredi rabbis in Israel
- 1912 births
- Canadian Orthodox rabbis
- Rosh yeshivas
- 20th-century rabbis
- Rabbis that emigrated to the Land of Israel
- People from Minsk Region
- Rabbis that emigrated to Israel
- Israeli Orthodox rabbis
- Mir Yeshiva alumni