Orthodox yeshivas

Aish HaTorah ("Fire of the Torah") is an Orthodox Jewish outreach organization and yeshiva. With its headquarters in the Old City of Jerusalem, where the government of Israel awarded it a coveted piece of land — forty percent of the frontage facing the Western Wall, it has branches in most cities around the world with large populations of Jewish people. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aish HaTorah"

Brisk yeshivas commonly known as Brisk (a name used by many Yiddish-speaking Jews to refer to the town of Brest-Litovsk, located in what is now Belarus). The town of Brisk was originally home to many great Talmudic scholars, including Rabbi Joel Sirkish ( 1561- 1641) and many in the famed Soloveitchik family. Today, Brisk refers to several Haredi yeshiva's in Israel, with extensions in the United States as well, founded by members of the Soloveitchik family; it also refers to the general approach to Talmudic analysis favored by the Soloveitchiks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brisk yeshivas"

Yeshiva Hadar Hatorah is the worlds first Baal Teshuva Yeshiva For men rediscovering their Jewish roots. It was founded in 1962 By Rabbi Yisroel Jacobson to welcome the ever increasing Baal teshuva's, interested in learning in a full time traditional Yeshiva environment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hadar Hatorah"

The Hebrew Theological College, also known as Beis Hamidrash LaTorah, Located in Skokie Illinois, was founded in 1922 as one of the first Modern Orthodox Jewish institutions of higher education in America, and is therefore also one of the first Jewish institutions in the United States outside of the New York area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hebrew Theological College"

Hesder (in Hebrew: "arrangement"; or Yeshivat Hesder ישיבת הסדר) is a yeshiva program which combines advanced Talmudic studies with (a shortened) military service in the Israel Defense Forces within a national religious framework. These yeshivot allow religious Zionists to fulfill the ideal of full and active participation in Israeli society, while mitigating the risk that young persons might face in terms of assimilation into the surrounding, secular society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hesder"

A kollel ( Hebrew: כולל; "a gathering/collection [of scholars]" is a an institute for advanced studies of the Talmud and of rabbinic literature for post-graduate Jewish adults, essentially a yeshiva which pays married men a regular monthly stipend or annual salary (and/or provides housing and meals) to study Judaism's classic texts in depth. The plural is kollelim. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kollel"

Kollel Gur Aryeh is a kollel, a post-graduate rabbinical and Talmudical college, for young married Orthodox men located in Brooklyn, New York. It was established in 1956 by Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner as the post-graduate division of the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin. A number of well-known Haredi scholars and rosh yeshivas ("heads [of] yeshivas") are among its alumni. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kollel Gur Aryeh"

The Lakewood yeshiva, also known as Beth Medrash Govoha (sometimes spelled Bais Medrash Gevoha), is one of the largest Haredi yeshivas in the world, located in Lakewood, New Jersey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lakewood yeshiva"

Mercaz haRav or Yeshivat Mercaz haRav (ישיבת מרכז הרב) is a religious Zionist yeshiva situated in Jerusalem. The yeshiva was founded in 1924 by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and is commonly regarded as the flagship of the national-religious movement. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mercaz haRav"

Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel (MTY) is an Orthodox Judaism yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in the Fall of 1988 by Rabbi David Harris (b. 1947?). ...more on Wikipedia about "Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel"

Mir yeshiva (or Mirrer yeshiva) (ישיבת מיר) is the name of two major Haredi yeshivas. There are presently two institutions by this name independent of each other, one in Jerusalem, Israel, and another in Brooklyn New York in the United States. Both institutions have thousands of male Jewish students studying Torah, Talmud and rabbinical literature. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mir yeshiva"

Ohr Somayach (also Or Samayach or Ohr Somayach International) was founded in 1970. It is a modern Haredi yeshiva based in Jerusalem, Israel, catering mostly to young Jewish men, usually of college age, who already are religious or looking to become religious. They have an interest in studying more about Judaism's classic religious texts such as the Talmud and responsa. The Yeshiva also prides itself on its very strong and respected advanced programs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem"

Ohr Somayach, Monsey, also known as The Ohr Somayach Tanenbaum Educational Center, is an Orthodox baal teshuva yeshiva designed to provide Jewish male college-age students with the opportunity to study all the textual sources of classical Judaism, such as the Torah, Tanakh, Shulkhan Arukh. It is located in the United States, based in Monsey, New York about seventy five miles north of New York City. It is a "spin-off" of the original Ohr Somayach founded in Jerusalem in the very early 1970s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ohr Somayach, Monsey"

Ponevezh yeshiva ('ישיבת פוניבז) (or Pononvezh) is one of the most famous Haredi Talmudical yeshivas with roots among the Lithuanian Jews. It is historically from the town of Panevėžys (in Yiddish Ponevezh), Lithuania. It was relocated to Bnei Brak in Israel by its Rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman. The yeshiva has over one thousand students. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ponevezh yeshiva"

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary or RIETS (Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan) is the most important yeshiva component of Yeshiva University. It is the preeminent rabbinical seminary for the training of the Modern Orthodox rabbinate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary"

The Rabbinical College of America is one of the largest Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Yeshivas in the world. The Yeshiva is located in Morristown, New Jersey and has trained hundreds of young Lubavitch rabbis. Many other Jewish families have moved into the area to be near the Yeshiva and surrounding synagogues. The Yeshiva is supported by some of the wealthiest Jewish philanthropists such as David Chase, Ronald Perelman and Ronald Lauder of Estée Lauder Inc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rabbinical College of America"

Rosh yeshiva ( Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl.: Roshei yeshiva, also referred to as "Rosh yeshivas") is a rabbi who is the academic "head", or rosh (ראש), of a yeshiva (ישיבה), a school of higher Talmudic study. He is required to have a vast and penetrating knowledge of the Talmud and most responsa and the ability to "talk in learning", meaning supreme capabilities and knowledge of his material and an ability to analyse and present new perspectives that are called chidushim (novellae) verbally and often in print. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rosh yeshiva"

Sh'or Yoshuv is a Haredi yeshiva headed by Rabbi Naftali Jaeger who serves as its Rosh Yeshiva. The school was founded in 1967 by Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld, former mashgiach ruchani ("dean of students") at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin. The school was located in Far Rockaway from its inception until 2003, when it moved to Lawrence, New York. Occupying several buildings, the facilities include a large Bais Medrash, classrooms, English and Hebrew libraries, a gymnasium, and dormitory accommodations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sh'or Yoshuv"

Slabodka yeshiva (Knesset Yisrael), was known colloquially as the "mother of yeshivas" (rabbinical seminaries) devoted to highly level study of Judaism's Talmud. The yeshiva was located in the Lithuanian town of Slabodka, adjacent to Kovno (Kaunas) (now Vilijampole, a part of Kaunas). It functioned from the late 19th century until World War II and was named after its location. ...more on Wikipedia about "Slabodka yeshiva"

Telshe yeshiva (Rabbinical College of Telshe) or Telshe or Telz, was one of many great Lithuanian yeshivas that were founded before the epochs that made them famous. It was founded in 1875 in Telšiai, Lithuania by Rabbi Eliezer Gordon, the Chief Rabbi of Telšiai. The school was known as a center for talmudic excellence and religious scholarship. It has continued to function as a yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Telshe yeshiva"

Tomchei Temimim is the central yeshiva ( Talmudical school) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Founded in 1896 in the town of Lubavitch by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, it is presently a wide network of institutions of higher Torah learning around the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tomchei Temimim" shortopedia, just the best.

Yeshiva or yeshivah ( Hebrew: ישיבה pl. yeshivot or yeshivos) is an institution for Torah study and the study of Talmud primarily within Orthodox Judaism attended by males. Females usually attend Bais Yaakov schools. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yeshiva"

Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin (also known as Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin) (MYRCB) or as Chaim Berlin, is a major Orthodox Judaism yeshiva located in Brooklyn, New York. Established in 1904 it is the oldest yeshiva to be founded in Brooklyn. It was named for Rabbi Chaim Berlin, the chief rabbi of Moscow who had moved to Jerusalem and was one of its leading rabbis at the time of his passing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin"

Yeshiva Torah Vodaas (or Mesivta Torah Vodaas) is a Haredi yeshiva located in Brooklyn, New York, founded by Binyamin Wilhelm, author of Nidchei Yisroel (a guide for new Jewish immigrants). The yeshiva was headed in its earliest years by Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, who insisted that he be addressed as "Mr. Mendlowitz". ...more on Wikipedia about "Yeshiva Torah Vodaas"

Yeshivat Har Etzion, commonly known as "The Gush," is a Hesder Yeshiva located in Alon Shevut, a settlement in Gush Etzion near Jerusalem, Israel. There are over 450 students enrolled in YHE, making it the largest Hesder Yeshiva in Israel. Most of these students are Israelis in the Hesder program, which integrates intensive yeshiva study with at least 15 months of active army duty, often in front line combat units. The remainder consists primarily of post-high school students from North America, Europe, South Africa and Australia, who come for a year or more of study before beginning university study in their home countries. Many return to YHE after university, preparing to become rabbis and Jewish educators through the Yeshiva's Semicha Program and affiliated Herzog College. Over 550 alumni from overseas have made aliyah and a high percentage are involved in Jewish education. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yeshivat Har Etzion"

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