Draft:Aharon Walkin
Aharon Walkin[1] or Ahron Walkin (Hebrew: אהרן וואלקין, romanized: Aharon volkin; November 30, 1965 - April 2, 2020) was an American orthodox Rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva, Posek, Rosh Kollel and Av Beis Din. Aside from his vast knowledge in all areas of Torah, Walkin has been widely called upon to assist in day to day jewish law and was known for his immense Ahavas Yisroel and love for people[1]
Walkin spent many years teaching in Queens, NY where he was a lifelong dean of yeshiva Ohel Simcha and Yeshiva Bais Nosson Meir and lived in Lakewood NJ, where he headed a congregation and sat as Av Beis Din of Kollel L’horaah Beis Ahron[2]
Biography
Aharon Walkin was born on November 30, 1965, in Brooklyn, NY. Shortly after, Walkin moved to Forest Hills in Queens, NY, and then to Kew Gardens in Queens, NY, to attend to his grandfather Shmuel Dovid Walkin who was a Rov In Kew Gardens and headed Congregation Beth Aharon. Walkin attended Yeshivah Ohr Yisroel for Elementary school and graduated as valedictorian. Walkin's thirst for knowledge in Torah was so great that by the age of thirteen, he finished studying the complete manuscript authored by the Natzive. After returning from yeshiva Mir Jerusalem and getting married, Walkin moved to Brooklyn and continued his teachings as Rosh HaYishivah of Yeshivah Ohel Simcha until its closing in 2013. In the year 2008, Walkin moved to Lakewood, NJ, where he served as a Rov of Beis Medrash Beis Aharon of Lev Kletzk and later served as Rav and Av Beis Din of Beis Midrash Beis Aharon of Clearstream Kehilah.
Education
Walkin attended Yeshivah Ohr Yisroel for elementary school, where he became close to Eliyahu Yehoshua Geldzahler. Thereafter, Walkin attended Mesivtah of Staten Island, Yeshiva Torah Temimah, Mir Yeshivah in Jerusalem and Beth Medrash Govah.[2] Walkin received semicha from Yitzchak Isaac Liebes and Received Shimush from Yechezkel Roth, Yisroel Belsky and Dovid Feinstein
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rav Aharon Walkin zt"l | Matzav.com".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Saphirstein, Shabsi. "Queens Loses a Giant: HaGaon HaRav Aharon Walkin". Queens Jewish Link | Connecting the Queens Jewish Community. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
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