Yeshiva of Far Rockaway
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| Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary יְשִׁיבָה דֶרֶךְ אֵיתָן | |
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802 Hicksville Rd. , 11691 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°36′01″N 73°44′38″W / 40.6003°N 73.7438°W |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Judaism |
| Founder | Rabbi Nachman Bulman, Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr |
| CEEB code | 331892 |
| Principal | Rabbi Eli Goldgrab |
| Head of school | Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr |
| Grades | 9-12, seminary |
| Gender | Male |
| Enrollment | 160 |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://www.yofr.org |
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway (also known as Yeshiva Derech Ayson (Hebrew: יְשִׁיבָה דֶרֶךְ אֵיתָן) and Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary) is a yeshiva located at 802 Hicksville Road, Far Rockaway, Queens in New York City. It comprises a high school, beis medrash, and Kollel. The school was founded by the current rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr, and by the late Rabbi Nachman Bulman. It has intensive Talmudic studies, and features the rosh yeshiva's musar lectures in the Novardok tradition.[citation needed] The yeshiva also has a kollel, Kollel Ner Rochel Leah, where Talmudic studies are continued after marriage.[citation needed]
History
Rabbi Perr, an alumnus of Yeshiva Beis Yosef-Novardok in Brooklyn, Beth Medrash Govoha, the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, and Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, founded the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway in 1969. The name of the yeshiva, Derech Ayson, comes from the sefer by Rabbi Avraham Yoffen of Novardok.[1]
The yeshiva's principal from 1970 until his death was Rabbi Aaron Brafman, older brother of Benjamin Brafman.[2]
Notable alumni
- Avi Berkowitz, Special Representative for International Negotiations under President Donald Trump
- Rabbi Azriel Brown, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret
- Rabbi Yaakov Mayer, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret
- Ari Goldwag, Jewish recording artist, songwriter, and producer
- Rabbi Ezra Schwartz, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva University
- Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
References
- ^ Bernstein, Dovid (7 February 2009). "Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Dinner Tonight, Ben Brafman to MC". matzav.com. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky (21 February 2018). "Streets of Life". Ami Magazine. No. 356. pp. 140–141.
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