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History

The yeshiva, located at 824 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11213, was founded in 1962² by Rabbi Yisroel Jacobson, a Chabad activist, to accommodate baalei teshuva interested in full-time study in a traditional yeshiva environment. It has been located in the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community in the multi-ethnic neighborhood of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, New York since inception. The yeshiva was first located within the Chabad world headquarters building at 770 Eastern Parkway before moving to its present location at 824 Eastern Parkway following growing enrolment.³

The yeshiva is a branch of the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE). Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht, executive vice president and national director of the NCFJE, played a pivotal role in the yeshiva's development and was its dean. After his death the yeshiva was renamed as Yeshivas Kol Yaakov Yehudah - Hadar Hatorah Rabbinical Seminary in recognition of his efforts.

The yeshiva curriculum includes Torah study, prayer, Jewish law, Hasidic teachings and Jewish values. Some of the courses are academically recognized and can be transferred to colleges for credits.

The school accommodates students of all backgrounds, and with affiliation to all Jewish movements.

Faculty

• Rosh Yeshiva: Rabbi Yaakov Goldberg.⁴
• Mashpia: Rabbi Yosef Boruch Wircberg.⁵
• Mashgiach: Rabbi Yankl Osdoba.⁶

Notable alumni

• Rabbi Yishaya Rose⁷
• Abe Saks⁸
• Matisyahu⁹
• Rabbi Leible Morrison¹⁰

External links

• Hadar Hatorah Yeshiva website
• Published Reunion Journals by the Yeshiva Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
• Beginning history of Hadar Hatorah
• Online audio library of classes given at Hadar Hatorah

References

1. Kalmanson, By Rabbi Sholom B. (June 13, 2007). "Time To Give Chabad Its Due". The Jewish Press. Retrieved December 25, 2009.[permanent dead link] http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/21830/Time_To_Give_Chabad_Its_Due.html ↩

2. "Hadar Hatorah Celebrates Golden Jubilee". June 7, 2012. http://crownheights.info/chabad-news/44507/hadar-hatorah-celebrates-golden-jubilee/ ↩

3. "Hadar Hatorah Celebrates Golden Jubilee". June 7, 2012. http://crownheights.info/chabad-news/44507/hadar-hatorah-celebrates-golden-jubilee/ ↩

4. "Faculty". Retrieved December 25, 2009. http://www.hadarhatorah.org/pages/faculty2.php ↩

5. "Faculty". Retrieved December 25, 2009. http://www.hadarhatorah.org/pages/faculty2.php ↩

6. "Faculty". Retrieved December 25, 2009. http://www.hadarhatorah.org/pages/faculty2.php ↩

7. Kamin-Meyer, Tami (August 17, 2009). "NYU Graduates Return to Campus as Jewish Leaders in Ontario". Chabad. Following his sophomore year, Rose transferred to Hadar HaTorah, a Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn primarily for students who came from non-religious homes. http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/966095/jewish/Former-Students-Open-New-Chabad-House.htm ↩

8. Zaklikowski, Dovid. "A Basketball Coach's Change of Career". Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center. http://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/526877/jewish/A-Coachs-Change-of-Career.htm ↩

9. "Matisyahu". https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/matisyahu.html ↩

10. "Sharing the essence of the old ways". September 2, 2016. http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Sharing-the-essence-of-the-old-ways-9200687.php ↩