Rabbi Moshe Miller, a Torah scholar, lecturer and prolific writer on Kabbalah and Chassidus who lived in Chicago, passed away on Monday, 2 Teves, 5783.
He was 67 and passed away after an illness.
Moshe was born in South Africa and received his Yeshiva education in Israel and America.
After his marriage to his wife Leah, they moved to Jerusalem, Israel, and later to Chicago, IL, where he was an active member of the Chabad community.
Rabbi Miller was well-known as a Torah scholar and a prolific author and translator, with more than twenty books to his name on a wide variety of topics, including a new, authoritative, annotated translation of the Zohar, and a translation of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero’s classic Tomer Devorah with original commentary and annotation.
Rabbi Miller authored several JLI flagship courses taught by hundreds of shluchim and shluchos worldwide, including the JLI classics, Kabbalah of Character, Jewish Essentials, and Beyond Belief. Rabbi Miller also served as the Editor-in-Chief of JLI’s highly acclaimed Parsha series, Torah Studies, for close to 10 years, authoring, reviewing and editing over 40 JLI textbooks, studied in over 300 communities across the globe.
“We are all saddened by the untimely passing of Rabbi Moshe Miller, a”h, who was a giant of a Chosid and a Talmid Chochom, and a dear friend who assisted JLI and shluchim worldwide with his gifted writing and over the years, with remarkable dedication,” said Rabbi Efraim Mintz, Executive Director of The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute.
Rabbi Miller also wrote numerous articles and lectured on numerous topics, particularly on topics associated with Kabbalah and Kabbalistic psychology.
He is survived by his wife Leah and their children, Devoree Axelrod – Crown Heights, Nechamee Brody – North Miami, FL, Tamari Miller – Miami, FL, Yossi Miller – Miami, FL, Shalom Miller – Crown Heights, and Mushky Golowonski – Crown Heights.
The funeral will take place in Eretz Yisroel, Wednesday at 2 pm at Kehilat Beit hahesped, har menuchos. Click here for directions.
Shiva will be at 580 Crown St apartment 409, will update with times.
Baruch Dayan Ha’emes – Moshe Aryeh Leib ben Dovid Mordechai.
Someone who’s company was really enjoyed. BDE
I believe Rabbi Miller was a mashpia for several years in Tifferes Bachurim, Morristown
He also lived for a year in Detroit. He will be sorely missed!
Very sad
A kind-hearted, soft spoken humble scholar!
Mishnayos Li’ilui nishmas HaRav Moshe Aryeh Leib ben Dovid Mordechai z”l Miller
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Rabbi Miller was my first Chassidus and Gemora teacher at Morristown. During my year there, I ate at his home on the first night of Rosh Hashana, which is a meal I will never forget. I also remember how he dovened with such concentration and devotion. I respected him immensely. BDE.
While we were living in Passaic NJ he was scheduled to come and stay with us and speak. He had been one of our sons teachers in yeshiva. It started to rain and as it got closer to shabbos they still hadn’t arrived. We were very worried There were no cell phones in those days Finally just as my husband was about to make kiddush and the Miller family was at our door soaked from the storm They had left their car miles away and walked It was a Shabbat we will never forget nor their mesiras nefesh. Rabbi Miller… Read more »
I knew him when he had a kollel in Jerusalem, near Har Nof. A warm, witty, yet deep soft spoken highly intelligent person who communicated well with all.
My condolences to the family.
BD”E
I remember – with gratefulness – the commencement our journeys some 45 years ago in SA, and the subsequent years he spent here in the UK. Will be missed enormously Akiva Fehler
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