Coordinates 40.703788, -73.834309 Acceptance rate 83.3% (2014) Founded 1974 Affiliation Orthodox Judaism | Established 1974 Phone +1 718-846-1940 Mashgiach Rabbi Matt Roberts | |
Address 117-06 84th Ave, Richmond Hill, NY 11418, USA Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Kalman Epstein and Rabbi Sholom Spitz Similar Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim, Bramson ORT College, Sh'or Yoshuv, Plaza College, Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni | ||
Yeshiva Shaar HaTorah is a yeshiva and high school that was founded in 1974 by Rabbi Kalman Epstein and Rabbi Sholom Spitz. It has programs for high school boys, as well as undergraduate and graduate programs that result in Talmudic law degrees. The Yeshiva has become a focal point of the Orthodox community in the neighborhood of Kew Gardens, Queens, and of the broader Jewish community.
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In 1974, Rabbi Kalman Epstein and Rabbi Sholom Spitz founded Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens at the behest of R' Spitz's teacher, Rabbi Mordechai Elefant. The yeshiva was officially a branch of Yeshivas Itri, the yeshiva in Israel was started by Rabbi Elefant.
The Yeshiva was named "Shaar HaTorah", after the yeshiva in Grodno in Europe, at which Rabbi Epstein's great-grandfather, Rabbi Shimon Shkop had been the rosh yeshiva. At the time, Rabbi Epstein gave the lecture shiur in Hebrew to undergraduate students, and Rabbi Spitz headed the graduate program. A year after the founding of the yeshiva, Rabbi Kalman Epstein's father, Rabbi Zelik Epstein joined the yeshiva. Today, Rabbi Spitz gives the shiur to the freshman and sophomore students, while Rabbi Kalman Epstein lectures to the Junior, Senior, and Graduate students.
The curriculum focuses on Talmudic Law, Aramaic texts, Theology, Philosophy, and Epistemology.
The institution is noted for its academic prestige and is widely considered the "Princeton" of Talmudic Law universities. Its acceptance rate is approximately 7%, compared to Princeton at 7.4%.
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