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List Of Yeshivas
List of Jewish communities by country, including synagogues, organizations, yeshivas and congregations. Africa Egypt *Egyptian Jews Ethiopia ''See Beta Israel'' Morocco * Chaim Pinto Synagogue * École Normale Hébraïque *Ettedgui Synagogue *Ibn Danan Synagogue *Simon Attias Synagogue * Temple Beth-El (Casablanca) *Lycée Maïmonide South Africa *Cape Town Holocaust Centre * Chassidim Shul *Gardens Shul *King David Schools, Johannesburg *Kollel Bet Mordechai *Kollel Yad Shaul *Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah of Johannesburg *Ohr Somayach, South Africa * Oxford Shul *Rabbinical College of Pretoria *Torah Academy School, Johannesburg *United Herzlia Schools *Yeshiva College of South Africa *Yeshivah Gedolah of Johannesburg *Yeshiva Maharsha Beis Aharon *Yeshiva of Cape Town *Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim Tunisia * El Ghriba synagogue *Hara Seghira Synagogue * Mouansa Synagogue *Or Thora Synagogue (Tunis) * Synagogue of the Kohanim of Djirt * Zarzis Synagogue The Americas Argentina *Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worship. Synagogues have a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels), where Jews attend religious Services or special ceremonies (including Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs or Bat Mitzvahs, Confirmations, choir performances, or even children's plays), have rooms for study, social hall(s), administrative and charitable offices, classrooms for religious school and Hebrew school, sometimes Jewish preschools, and often have many places to sit and congregate; display commemorative, historic, or modern artwork throughout; and sometimes have items of some Jewish historical significance or history about the Synagogue itself, on display. Synagogues are consecrated spaces used for the purpose of Jewish prayer, study, assembly, and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kollel Yad Shaul
Kollel Yad Shaul is a ''Charedi'' yeshiva based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It played a pioneering role in the growth and spread of Torah in South Africa. It has produced numerous serving Rabbis and educatorsand provides a ''Beit Midrash'' open to the wider community. Established in the early 1970's, it was originally based in Yeoville, Johannesburg until 2000, when it moved to the suburb of The GardensRabbi :he:אריה_ליב_גרוסנס#משפחתו , Boruch Dov Grossnass headed "The Kollel", as it is known, for 40 years; Rabbi Grossnass took over from the late Rabbi Mordechai Shakovitzky when the latter moved to Israel. From 2018 -2021 it was headed by Rabbi Baruch Rubanowitz. The Kollel is also well known for its lending library. It previously housed the Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim. See also * Jewish education in South Africa under History of the Jews in South Africa *Orthodox yeshivas in South Africa List of Orthodox ''yeshivot'' in South Africa: * Kollel Bet Mordecha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hara Seghira Synagogue
The Hara Seghira Synagogue () is located on Moktar Attia Street, just north of Place L’Independence, in the town of Er Riadh on the island of Djerba, Tunisia. Er Riadh is the modern name for the ancient Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ... village of Djirt, which became known as “Hara Seghira” or the “Small Ghetto”. As the Jewish community of the village declined the synagogue was abandoned and the building is now in a state of dilapidation. The Jewish community of Er Riadh, numbering around 80, is now centered on the El Ghriba synagogue located on the southern outskirts of the village. See also * List of synagogues in Tunisia {{coord, 33.8139, N, 10.8594, E, source:wikidata, display=title Orthodox Judaism in North Africa Orthodox synagogue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim
Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim was a Chareidi (Litvishe) Yeshiva based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Yeshiva was established in 2004 by Rabbi Adam Saffer together with Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Rabbi Eichenstein and operated for three years, and was located in Kollel Yad Shaul in Gardens, Johannesburg. Rabbi Eichestein was joined in 2007 by Rabbi Gedalya Sternstein. Rabbi Eichenstein delivered weekly lectures to the public, as well as to high school students, in addition to his Yeshiva duties. See also * Jewish education in South Africa *Orthodox yeshivas in South Africa List of Orthodox ''yeshivot'' in South Africa: * Kollel Bet Mordechai * Kollel Yad Shaul * Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah of Johannesburg * Ohr Somayach, South Africa * Rabbinical College of Pretoria * Yeshiva of Cape Town * Yeshivah Gedolah of Johannes ... {{coord missing, South Africa Ashkenazi Jewish culture in South Africa Education in Johannesburg Jews and Judaism in Johannesburg Lithuanian-Jewish diaspora Lithua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshiva Of Cape Town
The Yeshiva of Cape Town is a kollel and yeshiva established in 1994. Its full title is "The Rabbi Cyril and Ann Harris Yeshiva of Cape Town", named for the late Chief Rabbi. It is based in the ''Green and Sea Point Hebrew Congregation'', in the suburb of Sea Point, Cape Town. The Yeshiva's ideology is Religious Zionist / Centrist Orthodox. It was previously headed by Rabbi Sam Thurgood, Rabbi Eitan Bendavid, Rabbi Moshe Ordman, Rabbi Nachum Romm, Rabbi Yossi Slotnik and Rabbi Ori Einhorn, and originally by Rabbi Jonathan Glasand Moshe Kornblu It served as the blueprint for the :he:תורה מציון (ארגון) , ''Torah MiTzion'' global Kollel initiative, now operating in some 40 cities. The ''Bachurim'' (students) of the Yeshiva come from Israel for a period of 11 months, mainly from hesder yeshivot. The Yeshiva provides "a depth and breadth of Torah study for the entire Cape Town community It operates a ''chavruta'' programme (partnered study) at various synagogues in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshiva Maharsha Beis Aharon
Yeshiva Maharsha Beis Aharon is a Haredi Community based in Fairmount, Johannesburg. The community was founded in 1982 by the late Rabbi Aharon Pfeuffer (for whom the Yeshiva was later named), and is Headed by Rabbi M. Raff. The Yeshiva comprises a Beit Midrash. It also operates a pre-primary, and primary and high schools for boys and girls. In 2014, the synagogue and school facilities were renovated. See also * Jewish education in South Africa under History of the Jews in South Africa *Orthodox yeshivas in South Africa List of Orthodox ''yeshivot'' in South Africa: * Kollel Bet Mordechai * Kollel Yad Shaul * Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah of Johannesburg * Ohr Somayach, South Africa * Rabbinical College of Pretoria * Yeshiva of Cape Town * Yeshivah Gedolah of Johannes ... ReferencesJohannesburg - Africa's Premier Jewish City {{coord missing, South Africa Schools in Johannesburg Jewish schools in South Africa Orthodox yeshivas in South Africa Jews and Judaism in Johannesburg [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshivah Gedolah Of Johannesburg
Yeshivah Gedolah of Johannesburg was one of the first Yeshivot established in South Africa. Since its founding in 1978, it has played an important - though understated - role in the South African religious community. It is based in Glenhazel, Johannesburg. It was established and headed by Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Azriel Goldfein until his death in 2007, and is now headed by his sons Rabbi Avraham and Rabbi David Goldfein. The Yeshiva accommodates students from across the spectrum of Orthodoxy. The Hirsch Lyons Primary and High Schools are associated with the Yeshivah. Rabbi Goldfein studied in Telz Yeshiva, under great rabbis who survived the Holocaust, and was a lifelong ''talmid muvhak'' (prominent student) of Rabbi Mordechai Gifter. During this time, he developed a "love of and profound knowledge of" the writings of the Maharal of Prague. With his wife Clarice Goldfein, he came to South Africa from the United States in 1972, "with a mission to establish an authentic, world-class y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshiva College Of South Africa
The Yeshiva College of South Africa (''Yeshivat Beit Yitzchak''), commonly known as Yeshiva College - and formerly known as Yeshivat Bnei Akiva - is South Africa’s largest religious Jewish Day School. The school is headed by Mr Rob Lonsince 2018; the Rosh Yeshiva is RabbNechemya Tayloras of 2021. Yeshiva College Yeshiva College was established in 1953; it is located in the Glenhazel, Gauteng, Glenhazel area of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The school has around 500 pupils, between the ages of 3 and 18. It consists of a nursery school (up to age 6), a coeducational primary school (grades 0-6), and separate boys' and girls' high schools (grade 7-12). The school adopts a Religious Zionist and Modern Orthodox philosophy. Throughout, pupils study a double curriculum, focusing on Torah study as well as secular studies; students ultimately sitting for the National Senior Certificate (see Matriculation in South Africa), where the school achieves competitively. Various sports a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Herzlia Schools
The United Herzlia Schools is an organisation that manages the delivery of separate Jewish education in Cape Town in South Africa. History One of the earliest Jewish schools was the Hope Mill Hebrew Public School which was located at the top of Government Avenue, close to the Cape Town Hebrew Congregation. By 1901 it had about 350 students. The school received state assistance from the Cape school board and the school gradually lost its Jewish character. A Talmud Torah school was established in District Six in 1899 and by 1903 it housed 100 pupils. In 1919, the United Hebrew Schools of Cape Town were established. The school was housed at 101 Hope Street under the principalship of Mr Joseph Homa. With the arrival of Rabbi Abrahams as Chief Rabbi of the Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, the idea of the Jewish Day School was given new impetus. The first class, which was housed at 101 Hope Street, Cape Town, opened in January 1940. The first parent committee was established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torah Academy School, Johannesburg
The Torah Academy is a Chabad Jewish day school in Johannesburg, South Africa. It comprises a boys' high school, a girls' high school (on a separate campus), a primary school and a nursery school. The Mission of the school is to "provide and promote the highest quality Jewish and general education to a diverse community of Jewish children... ndto cultivate students to reach personal excellence, and to be responsible members of society." Although the school is Chassidic Orthodox, families of all levels of observance are welcomed. The school provides a ''Kodesh'' (Jewish Studies) curriculum "combined with a strong secular studies program within a single framework." Kodesh studies comprise Torah (''Chumash'', '' Navi'', ''Mishna'' and ''Talmud''), Halacha (Jewish law), Hebrew language, and Jewish History; at the Boy's High School, studies are within a ''Mesivta'' environment. The secular program follows the national and provincial standards, and students are fully prepared for wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbinical College Of Pretoria
The Rabbinical College of Pretoria (Hebrew ''Yeshiva LeRabbonus Pretoria'') is a Chabad Yeshiva in Pretoria, South Africa. It was established in 2001 under the inspiration of late Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris. The Yeshiva was originally headed by Rabbi Levi Wineberg, also joint Rosh Kollel of Kollel Bet Mordechai in Johannesburg, and internationally known for his annotated translation of the Tanya. It is now under Rabbis Chaim Finkelstein and Gidon Fox, with Rabbi Yosef Kesseleman as Mashpia; and sometimes known as ''Machon L'Hora'ah Pretoria''. Structure Since the Yeshiva focuses on ''semicha Semikhah ( he, סמיכה) is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination. The original ''semikhah'' was the formal "transmission of authority" from Moses through the generations. This form of ''semikhah'' ceased between 360 and 425 C ...'' (ordination), all students have studied at other institutions for several years. After successfully completing the one-year programme, stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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