Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin

{{Distinguish|Chaim Berlin}} [[Image:R Aaron Schechter 1970s.jpg|thumb|Rabbi [[Aaron Schechter]] (white beard) celebrating [[Purim]] in Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin during the late 1970s.]] '''Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin''' or '''''Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin''''', ({{lang-he|יְשִׁיבַת רַבֵּינוּ חַיִּים בֶּרלִין}}) is a [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian]]-type [[yeshiva]] located in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. Established in 1904 as ''Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim'', it is the oldest yeshiva in [[Kings County, New York|Kings County]]. It was named for Rabbi [[Chaim Berlin]], the [[chief rabbi]] of [[Moscow]] who had moved to [[Jerusalem]] and was one of its leading rabbis at the time of his passing. It is an American, Lithuanian-style Haredi boys' and men's yeshiva. Current enrollment is close to two thousand students{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} including preschool, elementary school, ''yeshiva ketana'', a high school ''mesivta'', a college-level ''[[Beth midrash|bais medrash]]'', and [[Kollel Gur Aryeh]], its post-graduate [[Kollel#Modern sense|kollel]] division. ==Leadership== From 1936 to 1980, the [[rosh yeshiva]] was Rabbi [[Yitzchok Hutner]] (1906–1980). Under Hutner's leadership, the yeshiva achieved international prominence in the orthodox Jewish community. In the late 1970s a branch was opened in [[Jerusalem]] called [[Yeshiva Pachad Yitzchok]] (''"Fear of Isaac"''). The name is both a Biblical reference to Genesis 31:42 and named for Hutner's books on Jewish thought. After Rabbi Hutner's death the New York yeshiva was headed by his disciple, Rabbi [[Aharon Schechter]], and the Jerusalem branch was headed by his son-in-law, Rabbi [[Yonason David]]. The position of [[Mashgiach Ruchani]] has been held by (among others) Rabbi [[Avigdor Miller]], Rabbi [[Shlomo Freifeld]], Rabbi [[Shlomo Carlebach (rabbi)|Shlomo Carlebach]], and Rabbi [[Shimon Groner]]. The current [[Mashgiach Ruchani]] is Rabbi Mordechai Zelig Schechter, older son of the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi [[Aharon Schechter]]. Notable senior faculty include Rabbis Pinchas Kahn, Chaim Kitevits, Yosef Fruchthandler, Shlomo Chai David Yitzchak Halioua, Avigdor Kitevits, Reuven Neirenberg, Eliyahu Yormark, Yitzchok Meir Sendrovitz, Chaim Lazer Kahn, Binyomin Fruchthandler, and Shmaryahu Yitzchok Efraim Kirzner. Abraham Fruchthandler is the current president of the yeshiva; other members of the executive board include Mendel Schechter, Yisroel Meir Lasker, Tuvia Obermeister, and Efraim Feuer. ==Alumni in senior rabbinic and Jewish communal positions== {{listdev|date=February 2011}} The yeshiva has alumni serving in Rabbinic capacities throughout the world including: * Rabbi Moshe Bamberger, Mashgiach Ruchani of Bais Medrash L'Talmud in [[Kew Gardens Hills]], N.Y. * Rabbi [[Shmuel Brazil]], [[Rosh Yeshiva]] of Yeshivas [[Zeev Hatorah]] * Rabbi [[Shlomo Carlebach (rabbi)|Shlomo Carlebach]], former [[mashgiach ruchani]] * Rabbi Dovid Cohen, founder of Gvul Yavetz synagogue and rabbinic author * Rabbi Shraga Feivel Cohen, author of the "Badei Hashulchan" and Rabbi of Congregation Tomchei Torah in Brooklyn, and his son, Rabbi Binyamin Cohen, author of "Chelkas Binyamin" * Rabbi [[Yonasan David|Yonasan Dovid David]], co-rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin * Rabbi Yaakov Drillman, Rosh Yeshiva Bais Yosef * Rabbi Dr. [[David Ebner]], [[Rosh Yeshiva]] and [[Mashgiach Ruchani]] of [[Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi]] * Rabbi [[Yaakov Feitman]], Rabbi of Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi, [[Cedarhurst, New York]] * Rabbi [[Aharon Feldman]], [[Rosh Yeshiva]] of [[Ner Israel Rabbinical College]] * Rabbi Joshua Fishman, leader and executive Vice President of [[Torah Umesorah]] and chairman of [[Yad L'Achim]], USA. * Rabbi [[Shlomo Freifeld]], founding [[Rosh Yeshiva]] of Yeshivas [[Shor Yoshuv]] * Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Groner, Rosh Yeshiva and founder of Yeshivas Ateres Shimon in [[Far Rockaway]], N.Y. * Rabbi [[David Weiss Halivni]] * Rabbi David Hartman (born 1931), American and Israeli rabbi and philosopher of contemporary Judaism, founder of the [[Shalom Hartman Institute]]. * Rabbi Israel L. Hausman, Hillel Chaplan and Rabbi of Adath Jeshurun Hadrath Kodesh, [[Côte-des-Neiges]], [[Quebec]] * Rabbi [[Simcha Krauss]], retired Rabbi of the [[Young Israel]] of [[Hillcrest, Queens]], and former leader of the [[Religious Zionists of America]] * Rabbi Yaakov Leiner, [[Izhbitza – Radzin (Hasidic dynasty)|Radziner]] [[Rebbe]] of [[Borough Park]] * Rabbi Dr. [[Aharon Lichtenstein]], [[Rosh Yeshiva]] of [[Yeshivat Har Etzion]], [[Alon Shevut]], and Rosh Kollel of [[Yeshiva University]]'s Gruss Kollel, [[Jerusalem]] * Rabbi [[Yaakov Perlow]], the [[Novominsk (Hasidic dynasty)|Novominsker]] [[Rebbe]] of [[Borough Park]] * Rabbi [[Yechiel Perr]], [[Rosh Yeshiva]] of [[Yeshiva of Far Rockaway]] * Rabbi Joshua Shmidman, [[Rosh Yeshiva]] of Yeshivat Noam HaTorah in [[Montreal]]. * Rabbi Dr. Michael D. Shmidman, Rabbi of Congregation Orach Chaim in [[Manhattan]] and former dean of Judaic Studies at [[Yeshiva University]] * Rabbi Sidney Shoham, Rabbi Emeritus of Beth Zion Congregation and founder of Kollel Torah Mitzion, [[Côte Saint-Luc]], Quebec * Rabbi [[Ahron Soloveichik]], appointed by Rabbi Hutner to give the highest daily lecture in Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin; also taught at [[Yeshiva University]], [[ Hebrew Theological College]] and Brisk Rabbinical College * Rabbi [[Pinchas Stolper]], former Executive Vice-President of the [[Orthodox Union]] and founder of [[NCSY]] * Rabbi [[Noah Weinberg]], co-founder of Yeshivas [[Ohr Somayach]] and founder of Yeshivas [[Aish HaTorah]] * Rabbi [[Yaakov Weinberg]], [[Rosh Yeshiva]] of [[Ner Israel Rabbinical College]] * Rabbi Rafael Weingot, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Shalom Rav, [[Tsfat]] ==External links== *[http://hebrewbooks.org/11143 Hagadah of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin] *[http://www.greatschools.org/new-york/brooklyn/7965-Yeshiva-Rabbi-Chaim-Berlin/ Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin] at Greatschools.org {{Mesivtas}} {{coord missing|New York City}}