14 Responses

1. He was my son’s Rebbe. He really cared about the boys. He will be missed.

2. Yes, He will be sorely missed. He was my son’s Rebbe this year. This is a HUGE loss for my family, the Yeshiva family, all Jews, and all people in the entire world. Rebbe was one of the few holy Jews in the world who understood the machinations of the Yiddish velt and the rest of the world. He drew from the Mylos of both worlds and inspired my son and me & my wife to be better Jews, better people. He treated each of his Talmidim like Yaakov treated Yosaif and Binyomin. Every one of his Talmidim was a Ben Zekunim. He was a proud American citizen who wasn’t ashamed to fly the Stars & Stripes in front of his home. He modeled his life after the Great Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Herman, ZT’L Of Blessed Memory. He was tremendously humble in everything he did. He lived a simple life. All he cared about was Kvod Shamayim and making a Kiddush Hashem in every aspect of his daily existence. I was lucky to meet Rebbe on Purim, and had a discussion about many things; one of them was reconciling the unbeliveable tragedy of the Holocaust, and the milti-millions of Jews that died Al Kiddush Hashem during that era. Rebbe was one of the few Jews in the world that didn’t just remember the Six Million Kedoshim on Tisha B’Av or Yom Hazikaron. He thought about it every day. When I asked, “Why?” he answered that we don’t know why. All we can do is follow the example of Aharon HaCohen, who when confronted with the loss of his two oldest sons, reacted by being “Va’yidom Aharon.” So, too, by the Holocaust. We don’t understand, and if we did understand we wouldn’t believe it, so it’s best to be “Vayidom.” I, personally believe losing Rebbe is a crazy, terrible mistake, along the lines of “Zu Torah V’Zu Schorah?!?!” But I don’t have that right to make that judgement. All I can be is “Vayidom.” I truly believe the only reasonable explanation for this terrible tragedy is that Rebbe knew someone who was terminally ill, and made a deal with Hashem to give up the remaining years of his life so that, that terminally ill person could live. I believe this 100%. And this just shows what an awesome Tzadik Rebbe was. He will continue to be an inspiuratuion for myself and my son and my femily for the rest of our lives. Boruch Dayan Emes.

3. He was my Rebbe in Toras Emes/Kaminetz 24 years ago and was a fantastic mechanech. He will be missed by hundreds of talmidim. Baruch Dayan Emes.

4. I can’t believe this. He was my Rebbe at Kaminetz 18 years ago. He was so humble, and so filled with the joy of life. He taught me to pull out of the horse race of olam hazeh. He lived in such a simple way, that when you were in his home in Boro Park, you felt like you were in the home of one of the gedolim of Eretz Yisrael. Baruch Dayan Emes.

5. I had Rabbi Miller ZT”L in 9th (1990) and 11th (1992) grades in Kaminetz.
   He was a wonderful rebbe and teacher. Very unique in his methods, very with the times.
   I had the pleasure of bumping into him semi-regularly outside Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel now that my two boys are there. I was pleasantly surprised that he remembered me and enjoyed my short conversations with him.
   I was proud to introduce my wife to him at the Yeshiva Dinner and was thrilled when my nephew enjoyed him when he was in Rebbe’s class last year.
   I was hoping my boys could have him as rebbe when they got to 8th grade, but they will unfortunately never have that honor.

   He will be missed.

6. What A loss. Rbbi Miller embodied what a “Ben Olam Haba” is .He lived Olam Haba in this world. He was a true Ish Emes who despised the falsities of today. Yehi Zichro Baruch! He leaves behind a very special family.

7. Rabbi Miller was my son’s rebbe and teacher last year and we all have tremendous Hakoras Hatov to him for the love, devotion, middos tovos and learning that he imparted to his talmidim on a daily basis. He formed a treasured kesher with our son which continued this year and we had hoped for many years to come. We are all devastated by the loss.
   Yehi zichro boruch.
   Baruch Dayan Emes.

   A message dictated by rebbe’s former talmid:
   Rabbi Miller was my rebbe last year. His loving care and commitment to each of us was outstanding. He built a strong kesher with anyone who cared to build one with him and that kesher will never be broken. I feel I had a very strong kesher with Rebbi and I only hope he can forgive me for not always giving 100% during shiur. I sincerely regret all the further knowledge I could have gained from Rebbi and only realized too late to redeem myself.
   Baruch Dayan Emes

8. Rabbi Miller was my son’s rebbe a number of years ago. I spoke with him by phone a number of times during the year, and he always was accommodating, gracious, optimistic, and on-point. He was Rav Avigdor Miller z’l’s nephew. Tremendous loss for klall Yisroel.

9. (Pgh,Pa.)The entire orthodox Jewish community of Pittsburgh, Pa .,was shocked and saddened to hear the bad news last night of the loss of Rabbi Y. Millers brother , in New York. “When one member of the Jewish community passes away , we react as if we all have lost a close chaver and relative.When its someone as distinguished and as important as our Rabbis brother…it hurts more.Torah teaches us that when Ahron sons died …Ahron remained silent. Vayidum Ahron..And so , what can we say now , during this time of this Rebbes mourning.” Let us hope to share only simchas together in this wonderful kehilla . Michael M. Milch b.t.l., m.a.l.s.

10. I worked with Rabbi Miller at Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel. He was always eidel, kind and soft spoken. He was a “dogma” of what a Rebbe and a yid should be. WE all mourn the loss greatly and hope Hashem gives the family “chizuk” to go on.
    Baruchh Dayan Emes

11. He was my rebbe up until his dying day. I remmember clearly how when i would go to Tiferes Yisrael to visit, mainly rebbe, I would be greeted by a big smile and a hug and kiss. After asking how he was doing I would always recieve a simillar answer “Wonderful! What could be better- I’m living!” Indeed it is clear that he valued every moment of life and spent it in the best way possible. A story goes that a mechanech once went to Reb Aharon Kotler zt”l and said “Rebbe, I am considering switching jobs.” To which Reb Aharon replied “Well, what do you teach” so the mechanech replied with a sigh “I teach gemara.” Reb Aharon gave a clap on the table and said “There is your problem!!! I teach talmidim.” Based on his caring smile, and the obvious love rebbe showed for each talmid, I could testify that he did not teach a single word of gemara, but thousands of talmidim. There were many things I learned from him, and he did it in his quiet, soft spoken, modest way. Although it is a bracha that rebbe did not suffer in his last years the way Rabbi Lieberman did, it brings great heartache to think of how my dreams of giving rebbe a bracha under my chupa ih”y in the years to come have vanished in an instant. How a cold wind has blown in to steal him from us, only to leave shock and emptiness in its wake. I will miss rebbe tremendously for the rest ofmy life, until my last breathing moments. Please be moichel me for anything i may have done wrong to the rebbe.

12. WORDS CAN NOT EXPRESS THE UNBELIEVABLE QUALITIES THAT RABBI MILLER HAD. HE WAS MY RABBI 10 YEARS AGO AND HE HELPED ME SUCCEED IN A TREMENDOUS WAY. HE WAS MACHSHIV EACH TALMID LIKE THEY WERE THE NEXT UPCOMING GADOL. HE NEVER GOT ANGRY AT US EVEN WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE AND HAD A RIGHT TO GET ANGRY. HE WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH EACH TALMID LIKE THEY WERE HIS “CHILD” IN FACT EVERY TALMID WAS CONSIDERED HIS “CHILD” THIS WAS TRUE EVEN AFTER WE LEFT HIM AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY HOWEVER I COULD SAY THIS WE HAD A RARE DIAMOND THAT WAS LOST TO THE YESHIVAWORLD AND TO HIS WONDERFUL CLASS MAY RABBI BE A MALETZ YOSHER FOR HIS CHASHIVA MISPACHA AND ALL OF KLAL YISROEL AND ME WE NOT HEAR OF ANYMORE TZAROS.

13. I hope the yeshiva has called in crisis and grief counselors to help the talmidim get through this!!

14. Boruch Dayan emes! Klal Yisroel has lost a true Oved Hashem!!! Only people that knew Rabbi Miller can understand what a real Tzadik means!

    Hashem should give alot of Koach to his wonderful Tzadekeste wife who was a real Eizer Kinegdoy to him.

    I think that since so many people are in Tzaar now that this lost has come to shake us all up! We MUST daven for the Geula to come Bimhera Byomeinu Amen!!!