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Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg ( he, חיים פנחס שיינברג;‎ 1 October 1910 – 20 March 2012) was a Polish-born, American-raised, Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva who, from 1965, made his home in the Kiryat Mattersdorf neighborho ...

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post-high-school

yeshiva A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are s ...

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located in the northern

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. It was founded in 1960 in

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, New York, by Rabbi

. The yeshiva moved to Jerusalem in 1965 and entered its present location in 1971. As of 2013, Torah Ore enrolls approximately 300 undergraduate students and 600 kollel (married) students. It has thousands of alumni, many of whom became prominent rabbis, rosh yeshivas, and lay leaders of Jewish communities around the globe. Scheinberg served as

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of Torah Ore for over 50 years until his death in 2012; he was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Simcha Scheinberg.

Name

The yeshiva's name is derived from the verse in

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: ''Ki ner mitzvah vTorah ore'' ("For the commandment is a lamp and the Torah is light"). (Proverbs 6:23).

History

After serving as ''

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'' in Yeshivas Chafetz Chaim in

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, for 22 years, Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg decided to open his own yeshiva, with the assistance of his brother, Rabbi Shmuel Scheinberg, and his son-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Dov Altusky. Torah Ore opened in

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, in 1960. The yeshiva opened with six students and grew steadily, enrolling many local

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boys who were attracted by Scheinberg's Torah knowledge and warmth.Margolis, Nechamie. ''A Living Sefer Torah: Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, shlita''. ''

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'' Magazine, April 28, 2011, pp. 13–18. Torah Ore was known both for its in-depth learning and the personal care extended to students by the rosh yeshiva and his wife, Bessie. The Scheinbergs paid the students' dental bills and raised money for their weddings. In 1963 Bessie expressed interest in buying an apartment in the planned Haredi housing development of

in Jerusalem, where her sister Ruchoma Shain also wanted to buy. Though Scheinberg was skeptical about relocating his family and his American yeshiva to Israel, he made a pilot trip to tour the development and decided that it could work. Rabbi Akiva Ehrenfeld, who was in charge of the construction and sale of the apartments, encouraged Scheinberg to move his yeshiva to Jerusalem by offering attractive terms for apartments and land for the yeshiva. The Scheinbergs, their eldest daughter Fruma Rochel and her family, their son Simcha and his family, and over 20 of Rav Scheinberg's students moved into their new apartments in Kiryat Mattersdorf in May 1965. Rav Scheinberg reestablished the Torah Ore yeshiva in the

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building in Jerusalem's

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neighborhood. When the

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broke out in June 1967 and many American tourists headed home, Rav Scheinberg encouraged his students to stay, and none of the American students at Torah Ore left the yeshiva. During the war, Rav Scheinberg showed his complete devotion to his students, giving them encouragement and sleeping together with them in the

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. After the war, Rav Scheinberg undertook plans to build a permanent home for the yeshiva. Torah Ore moved into its present building at 3 Sorotzkin Street in Kiryat Mattersdorf in 1971. Rav Scheinberg fund-raised for his yeshiva, making regular trips to the United States, England, and Europe until the age of 100. He generally traveled during the six-week period from

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until just before

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each year. Rav Scheinberg died shortly before midnight on March 20, 2012, at the age of 101. His funeral procession was held in the streets of Yeshushalayim and attended by tens of thousands. Rav Sheinberg is buried at

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. His only son, Rabbi Simcha Scheinberg, succeeded him as rosh yeshiva of Torah Ore.

Curriculum

The student body is divided into 24 ''chaburas'' (learning groups), of which 12 convene in the morning and 12 in the afternoon. Each group is led by an advanced scholar and has its own curriculum of

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and

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. The yeshiva also has an American

beis medrash A ''beth midrash'' ( he, בית מדרש, or ''beis medrash'', ''beit midrash'', pl. ''batei midrash'' "House of Learning") is a hall dedicated for Torah study, often translated as a "study hall." It is distinct from a synagogue (''beth kness ...

program for post-high school students.

Notable faculty

*Noach Orlowek, ''

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Spin-off yeshivas

A number of yeshivas named in honor of Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg were founded by his students. These include the

, New York-based Yeshiva Derech Chaim and Yeshiva Nesivos Chaim, and the Israel-based Yeshiva Tiferes Chaim, Kollel Nefesh Hachaim, Kollel Ruach Chaim, Kollel Toras Chaim, and Yeshiva Shaarei Chaim. The latter yeshiva meets in the Torah Ore building.

References

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External links

Official website
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