Rabbi Chaim Fessel

Rabbi Chaim Fessel, a talmid at Mesivta Torah Vodaath, received his semicha from Harav Yaakov Kamenetzky z’tl. His career began by teaching "dikduk" and "navi" in the Mesivta Torah Vodaath and went on to serve in the capacity of Assistant Principal of the High School. Shortly thereafter, Rabbi Fessel became principal of the elementary school. When the Novominsk Yeshiva launched its high school, Rabbi Fessel was recruited as their first secular principal. In addition to his long carrier as a mechaneich, Rabbi Fessel has been the baal koreh at Rabbi Zakheim's Shul in Brooklyn for the past 45 years.