Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne

Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Bayonne, New Jersey. Established in 1990,[1] it includes high school, beis medrash, and kollel programs.[2] The school caters to serious students, who dorm on-site. The languages of instruction are English and Yiddish.[2]

Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne
Address
735 Avenue C

Bayonne, New Jersey

Bayonne
,
New Jersey
07002

USA
Information
Established1990
Rosh YeshivaRabbi Yakov Rokach
AffiliationOrthodox
Bachurim60

Faculty
  • Rabbi Yakov Rokach shlita [Rosh Yeshiva]]
  • Rabbi Velvel Finkelstein Shlita, Nasi HaYeshiva
  • Rabbi Mayer Birnbaum Shlita mashgiach ruchani|Mashgiach
  • Rabbi Yaakov Hamburger shlita , tenth grade second seder Maggid Shiur. Author of several books & seforim, including Shaarei Rachamim, an anthology on the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
  • Rabbi Chananya Hess Shlita , Administrator

In March 2013 Rabbi Dovid Magid announced his resignation as rosh yeshiva, effective in 2014, and was succeeded by Rabbi Yaakov Rokach of Toronto.[3]

Rabbi Mayer Birnbaum is noted for his authorship of the Pathway to Prayer series published by Feldheim and ArtScroll.[4]

Alumni

Several Talmudic scholars of note have emerged from the yeshiva. Among the most prominent is Yecheskel Sklar, author of Toras Haman Ha'agagi, a complex treatise regarding the acceptability of Amalekite conversion.[5] Sklar is especially noted for breaking convention by engaging in pilpulic methodology, as opposed to the more common Brisker method. Other noted alumni include Shimshy Berger, an internationally renowned lamdan. Berger currently studies in Beth Medrash Govoha.

References
  1. "Congregation Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne Inc". GuideStar. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. "Yeshiva Gedola of Bayonne". rabbihorowitz.com. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  3. Fuchs, Rabbi Raphael (6 March 2013). "The View from the Beis Medrash". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  4. Birnbaum, Rabbi Mayer (2002). Pathway to Prayer: Shabbos Amidah. Feldheim. p. iii. ISBN 1583302247.
  5. Toras Haman Ha'agagi, pg. 3

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