Even though six decades have passed, the brilliant shiurim and ma’amarim of Rav Aharon are speaking to a new generation
Photos: Naftoli Goldgrab
In a building in Lakewood, encased in sheet protectors, lies a treasure: myriad yellowing papers lined with the tight handwriting of Rav Aharon Kotler.
Rabbi Tzvi Rotberg has spent the past few decades working through these invaluable manuscripts, decoding, deciphering, and ultimately disseminating Rav Aharon Kotler’s timeless chiddushei Torah, intent on keeping his promise to his rebbi, Rav Shneur Kotler. His dedication to this mission has resulted in an incalculable contribution to the Torah world.
Even though six decades have passed, the brilliant shiurim and ma’amarim of Rav Aharon are speaking to a new generation
Forest and Carey. It’s an all too familiar intersection, home to two of Beth Medrash Govoha’s batei medrash. It’s been some ten years since I last paid a visit to this campus, as one of the Yeshivah’s many talmidim. Now, as I tiptoe between the hundreds of cars jammed into unmarked parking spots, I’m hit with an unexpected jab of guilt-laced nostalgia.
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