PHOTOs by IVAN H. NORMAN
A siyum was held in honor of the 12th yahrzeit of HaRav Shimon Groner, zt’l, in Yeshiva Ateres Shimon. Rav Groner was a gentle giant in Torah and avodah. He was a rebbe for many different age groups and levels of learning for many years. Later in life he became a mashgiach in Yeshiva Chaim Berlin for close to 30 years. Rav Groner had hundreds of talmidim positively affected by his warm and positive demeanor. He exuded gadlus in Torah and deveikus in avodah. His davening was legendary. He stood during tefillah like an eved lifnei rabbo with total subservience and humility. The entire world did not exist when he davened. At the same time, he was mighty like a lion in the world of Torah. He would learn for all hours of the day and well into the night hours.
This love of Torah is what he instilled in his children and talmidim and he planted a true love for avodas Hashem. He leaves behind a rich legacy of talmidim and children who have seen this greatness and understand the achrayis to continue his tremendous avodah and k’vod Shamayim.
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