Ohr Somayach
- Ohr Somayach is both the pen name of Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk and also refers to his major written work known by its Hebrew name of Ohr Somayach ("Light [that is] Happy, or Delightful)
- Ohr Somayach yeshivas, based on the pen name of Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk is the name of a network of baal teshuva ("returnees to Judaism) yeshivas (religious schools) for young men, under Orthodox Judaism and Haredi aupices. The first was the yeshiva Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem in Israel, and another was Ohr Somayach, Monsey in the United States. Other branches were established in Toronto and Montreal in Canada, and in Detroit, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. With others in London in the United Kingdom, Johannesburg in South Africa, Kiev in Ukraine, and Sydney in Australia, all bearing the name Ohr Somayach.
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