Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah
| Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah | |
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 The Yeshiva's Logo | |
| Location | |
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Meshek 32 Moshav Zanoah, Israel 99888 Israel | |
| Information | |
| Type | Post-high-school Yeshiva |
| Established | 2004 |
| Closed | 2015 |
| Staff | 15 |
| Number of students | 35-50 each year |
| Affiliation | Centrist Orthodox Judaism, Torah Umaddah |
| Roshei Yeshiva |
Rabbi Scott Kahn and Rabbi Pesach Wolicki |
| Website |
www.yesodei.org +972-2-992-3099 |
Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah (Hebrew: ישיבת יסודי התורה) was a Modern Orthodox Religious Zionist yeshiva, located in Moshav Zanoah near Bet Shemesh in Israel.
Rabbi Scott Kahn and Rabbi Pesach Wolicki served as the Roshei Yeshiva. It's focus was to develop their students into Independently Skillful Bnei Torah - meaning, to teach them, using a unique methodology, how to accurately read and translate Torah texts, while empowering them to develop a personal and Independent Torah Hashkafa.
It was affiliated with the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program.,[1] a Scholarship programme of Yeshiva University.
It was founded in September, 2004, and closed its doors in June, 2015.
Faculty & Notable Faculty
The Yeshiva employed a total of 15 Rabbis, from a range of different backgrounds including:
- Rabbi Scott Kahn, Co-Founding Rosh Yeshiva
- Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, Co-Founding Rosh Yeshiva
- Rabbi Yisrael Isser Zvi Herczeg, Translator of the ArtScroll Rashi & Tehillim
- Rabbi Adin Krohn, Co-Editor of the Adin Steinsaltz Koren Talmud Bavli
- Rabbi Moshe Simkovich, founding principal of the Kohelet Yeshiva High School
- Rabbi Moshe Lichtman, author and translator of numerous books and scholar of Religious Zionism
- Rabbi Yaakov Arram, well-regarded educator and tour guide