Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary

Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary
TypeChabad-Lubavitch Hasidic yeshiva
Established1977
Religious affiliation
Orthodox Judaism
Academic staff
Rabbi Ezra Schochet, Dean
Location
Los Angeles
,
California
,
United States
CampusUrban
AffiliationsAssociation of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, Tomchei Temimim
Websitewww.yoec.edu

Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary (YOEC) is a yeshiva college in Los Angeles, California. It is the largest yeshiva college on the West Coast of the United States.[1]

The yeshiva also houses a private boys high school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, called Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad High School.[2]

The seminary is affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.[3] The seminary's four-year Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Rabbinical Studies is accredited by the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation[4] The degree has a strong emphasis of Philosophy, Jewish Law, Talmudic analytics, Ethics, and Rabbinic literature.

Rabbi Ezra Schochet, scholar and Talmudist, has held the position of dean since the yeshiva's founding in 1977.[3]

In 2003 the yeshiva underwent a $5 million renovation, adding 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of space for dormitories, study rooms, and study hall.[3]

The Yeshiva also prints periodically a Sefer pilpulim, a collection of the students original Torah thoughts and novellae, called kovetz Migdal Ohr.

See also

References

  1. ^ Wenig, Gaby (5 February 2004). "Chabad to Make L.A. a Yeshiva City". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  2. ^ Omotomiwa, Lydia (8 October 2021). "Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary". College Learners. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Olidort, S. (17 September 2003). "Five Million Dollar Face-Lift For Chabad Yeshiva in Central L.A." Lubavitch.com. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Directories". Council for Higher Education Accreditation. 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2011-04-01.

The American Jewish writer and publisher, Richard Horowitz, wrote a memoir, The Boys Yeshiva, describing his time teaching at a Chabad yeshiva in Los Angeles.[1]

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  1. ^ Horowitz, Richard (2021). The Boys Yeshiva: A Memoir. ISBN 979-8708605337.