Rabbi Moshe Chait, the Dean of Yeshivat Chafetz Chaim in Jerusalem, passed away on Tisha B'Av eve, at the age of 87. He had been hospitalized in Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital.
Rabbi Chait was a long-time Young Israel rabbi in Far Rockaway, New York, as well as a revered teacher at James Striar School (JSS) in Yeshiva University. He made Aliyah with his family in 1970 and founded the Jerusalem branch of Yeshivat Chafetz Chaim. He was known as a master of Mussar (Torah ethics), as well as teaching the very precise method of Talmud study for which Chafetz Chaim has long been known.
Rabbi Chait is survived by his wife Esther and five children, including Rabbis Baruch, David and Reuven Chait.His funeral will begin at 10:30 PM outside the Chafetz Chaim yeshiva in Sanhedria/Ramat Eshkol, Jerusalem.