Rabbi Berel Wein ר' בערל ווין ז"ל

Rabbi Berel Wein (March 25, 1934 – August 16, 2025) was an American-born Orthodox rabbi, lecturer and writer. Born in Chicago to a family of Lithuanian rabbis, he became executive vice president of the OU in 1972 and led its kashrut division until 1977, credited with transforming North American kosher supervision. In 1977 he founded Congregation Bais Torah in Suffern and Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, serving as rosh yeshiva until moving to Jerusalem in 1997, where he founded The Destiny Foundation. He popularized Jewish history through books in Hebrew and English and more than 1,000 audio tapes.