Machon Yaakov

Yachon Maakov

Founders| Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Jacobs
Established| 2005
Director| Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Jacobs
Faculty| Rabbi Yosef Lynn, Rabbi Jonathan Taub, Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein
Address| 10 Ibn Denan
Location|

Har Nof, Jerusalem

Israel

Coordinates| 31°46′56″N 35°10′18″E﻿ / ﻿31.782152°N 35.171696°E﻿ / 31.782152; 35.171696
Website| www.machonyaakov.org

Machon Yaakov is a baal teshuva yeshiva for men located in Har Nof, Jerusalem. 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]

## Program

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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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1. ^ 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."
2. ^ "Judgment on Rosh HaShanah: Analysis of Content and Process in a Talmudic Aggadah". NCSY. 8 September 2015.
3. ^ "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 ..."
4. ^ Rabbi Meir Goldberg (May 2, 2007). "Encouraging Trends In Campus Kiruv". The Jewish Press.
5. ^ "About Machon Yaakov". Retrieved November 11, 2020.
6. ^ "Marbeh Torah". Yeshiva World News. April 15, 2013. "there are those that go to Machon Yaakov/Shlomo"
7. ^ Alix Wall (August 18, 2000). "Yosemite yeshiva: Learning amid mountains and meadows". J. The Jewish News of Northern California.

## External links

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* Machon Yaakov
* Machon Shlomo