Ohr Somayach, Monsey
Ohr Somayach, Monsey, also known as The Ohr Somayach Tanenbaum Educational Center, is an Orthodox Judaism baal teshuva yeshiva designed to provide Jewish male college-age students with the opportunity to study all the textual sources of classical Judaism, such as the Torah, Tanakh, Shulkhan Arukh. It is located in the United States, based in Monsey, New York about seventy five miles north of New York City. It is a "spin-off" of the original Ohr Somayach Yeshiva founded in Jerusalem in the very early 1970s. Since 1979, Ohr Somayach, Monsey has provided a variety of Jewish learning opportunities to young adults from across the globe.
For many students, Ohr Somayach is their first exposure to full-time Jewish and Torah study. They acquire the foundations of Torah study within the framework of Orthodox Judaism, with close contact with the surrounding Haredi and Hasidic communities that live in the Monsey area. For more advanced students who are already well-acquainted with the rudiments of Talmud learning Ohr Somayach affords the opportunity to acquire the tools and skills for independent self-study. Ohr Somayach is built on a 14 acre (57,000 m²) campus with a residence facility.
FacultyRabbi Yisroel Rokowsky is the founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Somayach Monsey, New York. A native New Yorker, Rabbi Rokowsky developed his analytical approach to Talmudic scholarship under the tutelage of Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik of Jerusalem. A master teacher of the daf yomi, he served as Educational Director of Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem. He returned to the United States in 1980 to head Ohr Somayach, Monsey. Rabbi Rokowsky’s thorough, in-depth approach to Talmudic learning infuses his student with an appreciation of traditional Talmudic text.Rabbi Avraham Braun, Menahel ("Prinicipal") of Ohr Somayach, Monsey has guided thousands of students through their educational and personal decisions. Rabbi Naftali Reich heads its “Legacy” outreach division.
External linkwww.OhrSomayach.edu
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