Machon_Yaakov

Machon Yaakov

Machon Yaakov

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Machon Yaakov is a baal teshuva yeshiva for men located in Har Nof, Jerusalem, Israel. Its faculty and student body are all English speaking. It is named for Yaakov Rosenberg, founder of Machon Shlomo, a similar baal teshuva yeshiva.[1] Beryl Gershenfeld is the rosh yeshiva (dean) of both yeshivas[2][3][4]

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Program

Machon Yaakov, was founded in 2005 to expand the work of Machon Shlomo[5][6] The program, which is designed for students with little or no formal Jewish education,[7] has a one-year minimum and a two-year maximum. Enrollment is limited to about 35 students, generally weighted about 2/3-1/3 between the first- and second- year programs.

References

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    Jonathan Rosenblum (September 5, 2014). "Parashas Ki Seitzei -- Showing We Care; Between the Tzaddik and His Opposite". Mishpacha. alumni of Machon Shlomo and Machon Yaakov, two yeshivos for ba'alei teshuva in Har Nof.
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    "Judgment on Rosh HaShanah: Analysis of Content and Process in a Talmudic Aggadah". NCSY.
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    "Providence: Everything You Need; Nothing you Don't". Yeshiva World News. May 3, 2018. Take the words of Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld, Founder of Meor, Dean of Machon Sholomo and Machon Yaakov in Jerusalem: "I know ...
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    Rabbi Meir Goldberg (May 2, 2007). "Encouraging Trends In Campus Kiruv". The Jewish Press.
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    "About Machon Yaakov". Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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    "Marbeh Torah". Yeshiva World News. April 15, 2013. there are those that go to Machon Yaakov/Shlomo
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    Alix Wall (August 18, 2000). "Yosemite yeshiva: Learning amid mountains and meadows". J. The Jewish News of Northern California.
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