Lamplighters Yeshivah was a

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 ...

Montessori The Montessori method of education involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods. A Montessori classroom places an emphasis on hands-on learning and developing real-world skills. It emphasizes indepen ...

-style school for Jewish children located in

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that was founded in 2009.Lamplighters Yeshivah Homepage. Accessed February 21, 2014.
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/ref> ttp://www.vosizneias.com/122462/2013/01/24/brooklyn-ny-new-chabad-yeshiva-emphasizes-secular-religious-studies-in-student-curriculum/ Vos Iz Neis. Accessed February 21, 2014./ref>Sharp, Sonja. New Crown Heights Yeshiva a Guiding Light for Jewish Education. ''DNAinfo.com''. January 24, 2013. Accessed February 21, 2014.
Trappler Spielman, Sara. Women Behind Creative School in Crown Heights. The Sisterhood. ''The Jewish Daily Forward''. January 11, 2013. Forward.com. Accessed February 21, 2014.
/ref> In 2020, the school was closed due to financial difficulties.

Background

Lamplighters Yeshivah was one of the 47 plus

-style Hebrew day schools or yeshivas in the United States. Lamplighters is located in Crown Heights,

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

and is catered to parents from the local

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic group ...

Hasidic Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...

community. The school was founded in November 2009, with just four families. As of now, the school has shut down as mentioned above. The name "Lamplighters" was chosen for the school based on the Hasidic teaching that each person can better the world and "transform darkness into light".

Educational style

Lamplighters incorporates both Jewish and general topics in their curriculum. Teaching methods are heavily influenced by Montessori educational methods. Lessons often blend traditional Jewish topics with general Montessori activities."Jewish Motessori Becomes Movement."
''The Jewish Week''. Accessed May 25, 2014.

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* Montessori schools in the United States Orthodox yeshivas in Brooklyn Private elementary schools in Brooklyn Private middle schools in Brooklyn Crown Heights, Brooklyn {{Brooklyn-school-stub