{"id":39436,"date":"2015-04-20T14:19:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T19:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=39436"},"modified":"2015-04-23T14:55:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T19:55:24","slug":"levayah-of-rabbi-aharon-lichtenstein-ztl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/news-op-ed\/levayah-of-rabbi-aharon-lichtenstein-ztl\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein zt&#8221;l"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein zt&#8221;l, who passed away on Monday at the age of 81 was laid to rest earlier today in Har Hamenuchot in Jerusalem. An archived version of the hespedim from the levaya is available for watching:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nOEV8LoyCCY?modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1INXN3w1PxWNQcBHIt4TEobj-OJvqD3Xk6F9zDTf_77k\/edit\">English translations of the hespedim<\/a>.\n<li>Nathan Diament, executive director of the OU Advocacy Center and a former student of Rabbi Lichtenstein shares his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/blog\/uncategorized\/an-approachable-giant\/\">personal recollections of his rav<\/a>.\n<li>Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/torah\/machshava\/machshava-from-ou\/hesped-for-rav-aharon-lichtenstein-ztzl\/\">divrei hesped<\/a>.\n<li>Traditions has <a href=\"http:\/\/traditiononline.org\/\">devoted its latest issue<\/a> to pay tribute to Rabbi Lichtenstein zt&#8221;l.\n<li>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/news\/ou-mourns-rav-aharon-lichtenstein-ztl\/\">Orthodox Union statement<\/a> on the passing of Rabbi Lichtenstein zt&#8221;l.<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein zt&#8221;l, who passed away on Monday at the age of 81 was laid to rest earlier today in Har Hamenuchot in Jerusalem. 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