Yechiel Yitzchak Perr was born and raised in South Ozone Park, Queens, where his father, Menachem Mendel Perr served as a rabbi for over 50 years.

[3] He attended high school at Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin.

In 1969, he established the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, which also runs a high school and an accredited rabbinical studies program.

[5] Additionally, Yehuda Keilson published two books, Mind Over Man and Faith Over Fear, based on Rav Perr's Mussar lectures on Madreigas Ha’adam.

A series of Rav Perr's conversations on Mussar are described in the following books by Alan Morinis: