Rabbi Yosef Chaim Klein
יוסף חיים ב"ר יצחק מרדכי
R”M Yeshivas Mir BrooklynDate of Death:
Tue. December 7, 2004 -
Kislev 24 5765
Erev Chanukah
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Biographical Notes:
Rav Klein a native New Yorker and talmud muvhack of Rav Shlomo Heiman was the menahel (principal) of the Mirrer Mesivta for over forty years.
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This man was a Tzadik Nistar. He was my Menahel in high school. And like any teenager, I didn’t appreciate who he was and what I had until I was well out of high school.
If I had an ounce of brains back then, I would have thanked HaShem for the gift he gave me to be my Menahel.
May his memory be a Bracha for all. And may he be Mochel me for the times I misbehaved and for the things I said against/about him. I am sorry Rebbe.
I too didn’t appreciate him until later in life. He gave me a chance and accepted me into Mir. I wasn’t scholastically on par with my classmates, but he kept me.
Thank you Reb Klein❤️
I loved his parents and davened with them at Rav Nissen Telushkin’s Georgia Ave shul.His brother was a judaica salesman.Rabbi Klein picked me up when I fell on the ice at Yeshiva Toras Chaim in the early ’60s.He was my Principal at Mir from 1966-1968 when I left.He ruined the High school lives of many of my fellow talmidim including one who married my cousin and made his in-laws home treif after they were niftar.
good evening ….good morning …..GUTEN Moed…..guten Yom Tov…
not sure if you were interested in MY special experiences with the RY ZTL,,
do let me know….and DO watch the keys…
@ Joe Benjamin. I’m sorry. I think you may have mistyped a few sentences at the end there.
In any case, I am sure you didn’t mean to talk Loshon Hora about someone who isn’t alive anymore and can not defend themselves. That is a serious issue and has strong negative consequences.
Maybe you should edit or delete the last few lines?
@ shmuel/steven schumsky.
I would LOVE to hear your special experiences and long as they are positive or can teach a lesson.
And by all means, watch the keys and don’t try to duck!!!!
My email address is Abba613 at Gmail.
Rabbi Klein was the menahel of Mir HS when I was there from
1978 to 1982. He ruled with fear and with an iron fist, literally. I personally saw him beat kids up. Maybe he mellowed a lot later in life, I don’t know. I do know I have no good memories of him, and neither do any of the former classmates with whom I am still in touch. Thankfully, today’s principals are much less brutal.