Rav Aharon HaKohen Cohen zt"l
הרב אהרן בן אברהם מרדכי כהן זצ"ל
Sivan 18 , 5721
Rav Aharon HaKohen Cohen zt"l
Rav Aharon Cohen was born in Nissan 5665 (1905) in a small village near Kovno. His father, Rav Avrohom Mordechai, was the son of Rav Yosef and was known as the Masmid of Eishishok, after his hometown.
As a bochur during World War I, Rav Aharon learned in Yeshiva Lomza and then in Ukraine (Prilocki, Charkhov). After the war, he returned home and learned in Yeshiva Knesses Yisrael in Slabodka. He was soon considered the iluy (genius) of the Yeshiva. Rav Aharon was close to the Roshei Yeshiva: the Alter of Slabodka, Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel; his son-in-law, Rav Yitzchok Eizik Sher; Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein; and Rav Avrohom Grodzinski, the Mashgiach.
In 5684 (1924), Rav Aharon joined a large group of talmidim relocating to Chevron. Rav Aharon was chosen by the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein, to marry his daughter. The wedding took place in Chevron in 5689 (1929). For the next five years, Rav Aharon sat and learned. With the petira of Rav Epstein on the 10th of Kislev 5694 (1934), his son-in-law, Rav Yechezkel Sarna, replaced him as Rosh Yeshiva. As his other son-in-law, Rav Aharon served as his deputy.
Until his petira several decades later, Rav Aharon was a leading Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Chevron, which had moved to Yerushalayim following the pogrom of 5689 (1929). He also gave mussar shmuessen.
Rav Aharon was niftar at age fifty-six on Erev Shabbos Parshas Behaalosecha 5721 (1961). He was buried on Har HaMenuchos. He left no children. Some of his chiddushim on Torah and Halocha were published under the title Bais Aharon.
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