Phone +972 2-627-1647 | Founded 1989 | |
Address 4 Or HaHayim St., P.O.Box 32026, Jerusalem, 9750602 | ||
Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah is an orthodox yeshiva for Talmud professionals located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, founded by Rabbi Shimon Green in 1989.
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History
The yeshiva was founded in 1989 with two goals: To make high-level talmudic skills more widely accessible, and to allow students of all ages to study in an intensive yeshiva atmosphere. Bircas HaTorah began as a yeshiva for adults with academic and professional backgrounds. The yeshiva started in the building of the original Etz Chaim Yeshiva, located in front of the Old City's Hurva Synagogue, with only a few students. As the number of students grew steadily, the Yeshiva moved, in 2000, to its current location on Ohr HaChaim Street just above the Cardo in the Jewish Quarter.