Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem

Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (Hebrew: מתיבתא תפארת ירושלים‎, Mesivta Tiferet Yerushaláyim) is a yeshiva in New York City, and one of the oldest existent yeshivot in the city. It is renowned for being the institution formerly led by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein,[1] and then led by his son Rabbi Dovid Feinstein until his passing in November of 2020.

Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem

Location

The yeshiva has two campuses. The older campus offers a full range of classes, from pre-kindergarten through post-high school. The dean, Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, was Rabbi Moshe Feinstein's eldest son. This campus has no dormitory.

The second campus, also known as Yeshiva of Staten Island, is location in Staten Island and led by Rabbi Reuven Feinstein, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein's younger son. The campus contains a high school, college, and post-college facilities. The yeshiva's mashgiach, Rabbi Chaim Mintz, also founded and runs the kiruv orginization Oorah.

History

Founded in 1907 at 87 Eldridge Street, the Talmud Torah Tifereth Jerusalem grew quickly.[2] First moving to 115 Hester Street, then 240 Madison, then 13 Montgomery Street, the yeshiva finally settled in two adjacent lots on 145 and 147 East Broadway. The current structure was built in 1912. A high school was established in 1929.

The school was involved in a money laundering scandal in the 1980s.[3]

Rabbi Michel Barenbaum became the mashgiach of the yeshiva shortly after the war. He died on March 4, 2003.

References
  1. "Rav Moshe Feinstein". Great Leaders of our People. Orthodox Union. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  2. Stepanchuk, Arkadiy. "East Broadway, Chinatown". Baruch College/Macaulay Honors College. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. Johnson, Kirk (February 28, 1986). "Money Laundering at City's Oldest Yeshiva". The New York Times.


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