Yeshiva Shaarei Torah or Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland is a
mesivta
''Mesivta'' (also metivta; Aramaic: מתיבתא, "academy") is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva secondary school for boys. The term is commonly used in the United States to describe a yeshiva that emphasizes Talmudic studies for boys in grades ...
(
Orthodox Jewish
Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses on ...
high school) in
Suffern, New York.
History
The school was originally established in 1968 as Monsey Mesivta High School in
Monsey, New York
Monsey (, yi, מאנסי, translit=Monsi) is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Airmont, east of Viola, south of New Hempstead, and west of Spring Valley. T ...
. Nine years later it was taken over by
Berel Wein
Berel Wein (born March 25, 1934) is an American-born Orthodox rabbi, lecturer and writer. He authored several books, in both Hebrew and English (the latter published by Artscroll), concerning Jewish history and popularized the subject through mo ...
, when it became known as Yeshiva Shaarei Torah. Wein served as its
rosh yeshiva (dean), and Emanuel Schwartz was the English studies principal, until the latter stepped down from that position in 1994, remaining at the school to focus on teaching
precalculus
In mathematics education, precalculus is a course, or a set of courses, that includes algebra and trigonometry at a level which is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus. Schools often distinguish between algebra and trigonomet ...
.
Wein left the school in 1997, when it was taken over by Martin Wolmark, who then became dean.
On October 10, 2013, the yeshiva was raided by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with Wolmark's involvement with the
New York divorce coercion gang
The New York divorce coercion gang was a Haredi Jewish group that kidnapped, and in some cases tortured, Jewish men in the New York metropolitan area to force them to grant their wives ''gittin'' (religious divorces). The Federal Bureau of Invest ...
.
[O'Rourke, James (January 14, 2015]
"Monsey Rabbi Admits Plotting to Coerce Divorce"
''Lohud.com''. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
Campus
Shaarei Torah is situated on a 5-acre campus on West Carlton Road in
Suffern, New York. It consists of a main educational building and a student residence hall.
See also
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Torah study
References
External links
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1968 establishments in New York (state)
1968 in Judaism
Educational institutions established in 1968
Schools in Rockland County, New York
Mesivtas
Private high schools in New York (state)
Shaarei Torah, Yeshiva
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