Йешивы

Рабби Аарон Йехуда Лейб Штейнман

Рабби Аарон Йеуда Лейб Штейнман зцл из Бней-Брака считался Гадоль ѓа-Дор после кончины рава Эльяшива.

Beth Medrash Govoha (Lakewood Yeshiva)

The great yeshiva of Lakewood founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotler, the second-largest yeshiva in the world.

Yeshiva Torah Vodaas

One of America's oldest yeshivas, today in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn)

The Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn, continuing the famed yeshiva of Mir in Europe.

Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin

A Litvish yeshiva in Brooklyn with every division from preschool to kollel.

Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem)

The largest yeshiva in the world, in Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem, with over 9,000 students.

Ponevezh Yeshiva

The famed Litvish yeshiva of Bnei Brak, founded in Lithuania in 1919 and in Bnei Brak since 1944.

Hebron Yeshiva (Knesses Yisroel)

The yeshiva that moved from Slabodka to Hebron in 1924, today in Jerusalem.

Bein Hazmanim

The yeshiva vacation between semesters (zmanim).

Место

Lakewood, New Jersey

The fast-growing New Jersey township that became a world center of yeshivos.

Место

Gateshead

The northern English town famous for Gateshead Yeshiva, founded 1929.

Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin

Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin (1749–1821) was the foremost student of the Vilna Gaon and founder of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Volozhin,…

The Alter of Slabodka (Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel)

Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (1849–1927), the Alter of Slabodka, founded the Slabodka yeshiva Knesses Yisroel and raised a whole…

Rabbi Aharon Kotler

Rabbi Aharon Kotler (1892–1962) was rosh yeshiva of Kletzk in Europe, and after reaching America he founded Beth Medrash Govoha…

Юмор

The Bochur's Guide to Bein Hazmanim

Bein hazmanim is when a bochur tackles the hardest sugya of all: what do you do with so much free time?

20 октября 2026 г.

Юмор

The Yeshiva Cholent Ranking: Thursday-Night Mishmar, Graded

Every bochur knows: Thursday night you learn late, and the reward is a pot of cholent. We handed out grades.

20 октября 2026 г.

Telz Yeshiva

Telz Yeshiva was founded in 1875 in the town of Telz, Lithuania. In 1941 it was re-established in Cleveland, Ohio, and today it…

The Brisk Yeshivos

The Brisk yeshivos in Yerushalayim go back to Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav, who re-established the Brisk…

Slabodka Yeshiva (Knesses Yisroel)

The Slabodka Yeshiva, "Knesses Yisroel", was founded in 1882 by Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka. In 1924 a large…

Volozhin Yeshiva (Etz Chaim)

The Volozhin Yeshiva, "Etz Chaim", was founded around 1803 by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, a student of the Vilna Gaon. It flourished…

Ner Yisroel (Baltimore)

Ner Yisroel was founded in 1933 in Baltimore by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, a disciple of the Alter of Slabodka. Today it…

Radin Yeshiva (Chofetz Chaim)

The Radin Yeshiva was founded in 1869 by Rabbi Yisroel Meir HaKohen, the Chofetz Chaim, in the town of Radin. Because of its…

Novardok Yeshiva

The Novardok Yeshiva was founded in 1896 in Novardok by Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horowitz, the Alter of Novardok. It became a major…

Kelm Talmud Torah

The Kelm Talmud Torah was founded in the 1860s by Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv, the Alter of Kelm, to strengthen the study of mussar…

The Mussar Movement

The Mussar movement arose in 19th-century Lithuania, founded by Rabbi Yisroel Salanter. It brought into the yeshivas a daily…

The Litvish Shiur (Brisker Derech)

The Litvish shiur, especially in the Brisker derech of Rabbi Chaim Brisker, breaks a sugya into clear concepts ("two dinim",…

Mishmar (Thursday Night Learning)

Mishmar is the old yeshiva custom of learning late into Thursday night, and in many yeshivos it comes with hot cholent, kugel and…

The Shidduch "List"

In the Litvish world, when a bochur starts shidduchim, a "resume" is prepared: one page with his yeshivos, his family and his…

Chavrusa

Chavrusa is the traditional way of learning in pairs or a small group: reading together, asking, debating and sharpening each…