Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah
| Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah | |
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| Address | |
| 117-06 84th Ave. Queens, New York Queens, New York 11418 USA |
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| Information | |
| Established | 1974 |
| Rosh Yeshiva | Rabbi Kalman Epstein and Rabbi Sholom Spitz |
| Mashgiach | Rabbi Matt Roberts |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Website | http://shaarhatorah.edu |
Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah is a yeshiva in Queens, New York that includes a high school and a program for post-high school men (yeshiva gedola). The Yeshiva also awards bachelor's and master's degrees in Talmudic law.[1] It was founded in 1974 by Rabbis Kalman Epstein[2] and Sholom Spitz. The Yeshiva has become the focal point of the Orthodox community in the neighborhood of Kew Gardens, Queens and of the broader Jewish community as well.
History
In 1974, Rabbi Kalman Epstein and Rabbi Sholom Spitz, founded Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens at the behest of R' Spitz's teacher, Rabbi Mordechai Elefant. The yeshiva was officially a branch of Yeshivas Itri, the yeshiva in Israel started by Rabbi Elefant).[3]
The Yeshiva was named "Shaar HaTorah", after the yeshiva in Grodno (in Europe), where Rabbi Epstein's great-grandfather, Rabbi Shimon Shkop, had been the rosh yeshiva. At the time, Rabbi Epstein gave the lecture (shiur in Hebrew) to undergraduate students, and Rabbi Spitz headed the graduate program. A year after the founding of the yeshiva, Rabbi Kalman Epstein's father, Rabbi Zelik Epstein, joined the yeshiva.[2] Today, Rabbi Spitz gives the shiur to the freshman and sophomore students, while Rabbi Kalman Epstein lectures to the Junior, Senior, and Graduate students.
The curriculum focuses on Talmudic Law, Aramaic texts, Theology, Philosophy and Epistemology.
The institution is noted for its academic prestige and is widely considered the "Princeton" of Talmudic Law universities. Acceptance rate is approximately 7%, compared to Princeton at 7.4%.
Faculty
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- Rabbi Kalman Epstein, Rosh Yeshiva
- Rabbi Sholom Spitz, Rosh Yeshiva
- Rabbi Mattis Roberts, Mashgiach Ruchni
- Rabbi Shmuel Munk, Rosh Kollel
- Rabbi Yaakov Grossman, Shoel Umaishiv
- Rabbi Yitzchak Bilitzky, Shoel Umaishiv
- Rabbi Shimon Yehuda Epstein, Rosh Chaburah
- Rabbi Yaakov Margulies, Chozer
High School
- Rabbi Yosef Licht, 9th Grade Rebbe
- Rabbi Shlomo Lobenstein, 10th Grade Rebbe
- Rabbi Akiva Weiner, 11th Grade Rebbe
- Rabbi Ya'akov Bergman, 12th Grade Rebbe
- Rabbi Avrohom Jurkowitz, Mashgiach
- Rabbi Moshe Stein, 12th grade 2nd seder
- Rabbi Yaakov Margulies, 11th grade 2nd seder
Some notable alumni
- R' Meir Triebitz, teacher in Machon Shlomo, and noted lecturer
- R' Betzalel Rudinsky, Rov of large shul in Monsey, Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Reuven, and noted posek
- R' Shmuel Rosenshein, executive director of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, Brooklyn, esteemed Ba'al Koreh in Yeshiva
- R' Shmuel Maybuch, rebbi in BMP program of Yeshiva University and author of sefer Yismach Lev
- R' Efraim Tannenbaum
- R' Yechezkel Langer, executive director of Yeshivas Yesodei Yeshurun in Queens
- R' Zev Klein, rebbi in Yeshivas Toras Moshe
- R' Zev Reichman, rebbi in the Yeshiva University mechina[4]
- R' Shmuel Ismach, Associate Rabbi of the Young Israel of Great Neck, Rebbe and Mashgiach in Yeshivas Chof HaTzafon (North Shore Hebrew Academy High School) and noted son in law of the rosh yeshiva, Reb Kalman Epstein shlita
- Rabbi Menachem Levine, Rav of Am Echad in San Jose, California http://amechad.org/rabbi.php
- R' Ami Cohen
- Rabbi Avraham Steinberg, Rabbi of the Young Israel on Main Line, PA and Rosh Mesivta of The Mesivta High School of Greater Philadelphia
- Rabbi Y. Dov Krakowski, Director of OU Kosher in Israel, Noted author, and Noted Anglo Posek in Jerusalem
- Rabbi Chaim Cohen, Rosh Kollel and Posek of Waterbury
Ivy League Placement
Yeshiva Sha'ar Hatorah has of the charts Ivy League placement statistics. While the Yeshiva does not take pride and advertise this, many of its students have gone to Harvard graduate schools, Columbia University, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and many other illustrious institutions. The cause for this hight rate of success is unclear. Some claim it is dorm-readings that have brought this about, while others claim it is the lomdishe shiurim that make this possible. Either way, it is exremely significant.
References
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