Toras Moshe
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Yeshiva Toras Moshe is one of the top-notch English-speaking yeshivas in Israel for high school exiting boys. Founded in the early 80's by one of the top students and a nephew of Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, Rabbi Moshe Meiselman, it was created to allow young men to grow spiritually and in their Talmudic studies. The Mashgiach Ruchni, Rabbi Elchonon Meir Fishman, a student of the fame Mashgiach, Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe and Rabbi Shlomo Brevda, leads the yeshiva in his own spiritually analytical way. The staff includes two of the top students of Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, Rabbi Moshe Twersky, a grandson of Rabbi Soloveitchik, and Rabbi Michel Shurkin, his longest tenured student.
For the past twenty-five years, the yeshiva has taken smart, studious boys and enabled them to grow in their judaism. The yeshiva is split into two tracks for three years worth of courses, though many stay for even longer. In addition for having the ability to learn Torah in the yeshiva, after three years the boys can also apply for a Bachelors in Liberal Arts, and start their way on to their collegial career. Toras Moshe takes its students from all over the United States, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Situated in the center of Jerusalem, the yeshiva building was founded by the Dean of Novhardok, Rabbi Ben-zion Brook. The building itself is a lasting miracle having survived through wars of all kinds, and being built technically in the middle of Yoel Street. The surrounding neighbors have learned to use the building for prayer and study. A small building of intense spiritual structure, it houses its yeshivas within well.
Although leading the Talmudic world, the yeshiva had its share of problems in the past. Earlier on in its history, the yeshiva had two deans, Rabbi Meiselman and Rabbi Layerfeld. Due to an operational dispute on what types of students to accept, the yeshiva split into the current yeshiva and Yeshiva Beis Yisroel, in Nivei Ya'akov. The yeshiva had one more break-off into the short-lived Yeshivas Lev Avrohom.
The yeshiva through thick and thin has survived into the picture Rabbi Meiselman wanted it to become. Still taking the top American and Canadian students, the religious "peer pressure" has allowed for the perfect growing environment.
