Ahron Dovid Burack

Ahron Dovid Burack (also known as Aaron David or Ahron David; ; 16 May 1892 – 7 October 1960) was a Lithuanian-American rabbi and rosh yeshivah.

Early life and education Ahron Dovid Burack was born in Popelan (now Papile) in Kovno Governorate, Lithuania, on 16 May 1892 to Chaim Natan Burack and Basse Gittel Gibberman.

Rabbinical Positions Burack immigrated to the United States in 1913. Following his arrival, Ahron Dovid Burack became rabbi of Beit Hamedrish Etz Chaim Anshei Volozhin in New York City. He was among a group of rabbis who implored President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the United States Congress to help rescue European Jews during World War II, reading a petition as part of a demonstration on the steps of the United States Capitol Building.

Teaching and Writing Burack was appointed Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1919 and continued to serve until his death in 1960.

Yeshivat Pirchei Aharon Burack died in New York on October 7, 1960, during the Sukkot holiday, and was later buried in the Sanhedria Cemetery in Jerusalem. Following his death in 1960, a secondary school in Kiryat Shmuel, Haifa, Israel, was named Yeshivat Pirchei Aharon in tribute to Rabbi Ahron Dovid Burack's memory and his work. The school, which provides both secular and Torah education, is affiliated with the Bnei Akiva movement. Notable alumni of Yeshivat Pirchei Aharon include Israel's former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and past mayors of the cities of Jerusalem (Uri Lupolianski) and Akko (Acre) (Shimon Lankry).