Yeshivah

According to tradition, the institution of the yeshiva predates even the giving of the Torah.

My Chabad rabbi has been bugging me to take off one semester to study in a yeshiva “some time before graduate school.” It’s still not clear to me what this yeshiva place is all about, and definitely not clear why I should take off in the middle of my stud...

Sociologists would surely have predicted that Jacob would rear confused children who would grow up with a deep hatred toward the “archaic,” “burdensome” values of their ancestors.

Is it the ideal position for a Jew to be locked off from the world, isolated in a self-imposed ghetto? We were tasked with being "a light unto the nations" and we can't do our job if we stay home and hibernate...

Dr. Laz's unique healing formula is not available in pharmacies, but it is highly effective in uplifting the spirit of others, including at-risk youth on the periphery. The CURE in four simple words stands for: Communication, Understanding, Respect and Ed...

The students come here and find a spirituality they never knew existed. A relationship with G-d they never knew they could have.

By the Grace of G‑d 21st of Elul, 5717 [September 17, 1957] Brooklyn, N.Y. Greeting and Blessing: I received your letter, in which you write that you are completing the 6th year at the Yeshiva, and that neither your parents nor your teacher at the Yeshiva...

For more than six decades Rabbi Yosef (Joseph) Rosenfeld served as the steward of Oholei Torah Educational Institution in Brooklyn, N.Y., one of the largest yeshivahs in the world. His formal title was executive director, but the term would not accurately...

We don’t have to be anyone special to have a sacred task. And yet, somehow or another, our acts might have consequences that we cannot even begin to imagine.

The Rebbe’s caring and wise advice guided me on a proper path. As my mother would say, the Rebbe always knew best.