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Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne

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Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne
Address
Map
735 Avenue C

Bayonne, New Jersey

Bayonne
,
New Jersey
07002

USA
Information
Established1990
Rosh YeshivaRabbi Yakov Rokach
AffiliationOrthodox
Bachurim60

Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Bayonne, New Jersey. Established in 1990,[1] it includes high school, beis medrash, and kollel programs.[2] The school caters to serious students, who dorm on-site. The languages of instruction are English and Yiddish.[2]

Faculty

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  • Rabbi Yakov Rokach, Rosh Yeshiva
  • Rabbi Velvel Finkelstein, Nasi HaYeshiva
  • Rabbi Mayer Birnbaum, Mashgiach
  • Rabbi Yaakov Hamburger, tenth grade second seder Maggid Shiur. Author of several books & seforim, including Shaarei Rachamim, an anthology on the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
  • Rabbi Chananya Hess, Administrator

In March 2013 Rabbi Dovid Magid announced his resignation as rosh yeshiva, effective in 2014, and was succeeded by Rabbi Yaakov Rokach of Toronto.[3]

Rabbi Mayer Birnbaum is noted for his authorship of the Pathway to Prayer series published by Feldheim and ArtScroll.[4]

Alumni

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Several Talmudic scholars of note have emerged from the yeshiva. Among the most prominent is Yecheskel Sklar, author of Toras Haman Ha'agagi, a complex treatise regarding the acceptability of Amalekite conversion.[5] Sklar is especially noted for breaking convention by engaging in pilpulic methodology, as opposed to the more common Brisker method.

References

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  1. ^ "Congregation Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne Inc". GuideStar. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Yeshiva Gedola of Bayonne". rabbihorowitz.com. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. ^ Fuchs, Rabbi Raphael (6 March 2013). "The View from the Beis Medrash". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. ^ Birnbaum, Rabbi Mayer (2002). Pathway to Prayer: Shabbos Amidah. Feldheim. p. iii. ISBN 1583302247.
  5. ^ Toras Haman Ha'agagi, pg. 3
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