Sh'or Yoshuv
Sh'or Yoshuv (Template:Lang-he-n) is a Haredi yeshiva in Lawrence, New York.
The yeshiva was founded in 1967 by Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld, former mashgiach ruchani ("dean of students") at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin. The yeshiva was located in Far Rockaway from its inception until 2003, when it moved to its current location in Lawrence, New York. The yeshiva facilities include a large Bais Medrash, classrooms, English and Hebrew libraries, a gymnasium, and dormitory accommodations.
The yeshiva is currently headed by Rabbi Naftali Jaeger who serves as the Rosh Yeshiva. Other faculty include Rabbis Moshe Meisner, Noach Jaeger, Yisroel Shteinvurtzel, Yaakov Brazil, Ozriel Bodner, Moshe Greene, Yitzchok Elya Sussman, Yehoshua Kurland, Binyomin Cherney, Chaim Majorovic, Yaakov Pluchenick, Yaakov Tawil, Elisha Finman, Eliyahu Schneider, Yechiel Weberman, Michoel Druxman, Baruch Diamond, Yedidel Aryeh and Yitzi Gross.
Student body
The yeshiva accepts students from the age of 17 and older. Students enter the yeshiva with a range of backgrounds and educational experience. Students range in skill levels from beginner to advanced. Students come to Sh’or Yoshuv from the surrounding community and from locations all over the world.
Academic programs
The yeshiva has both organized shiurim and chaburas for the students and for the local community. The student divide their day into the traditional morning, afternoon and night study session (sedarim). A weekly Kollel on Sunday is geared towards members of the community.
The Yeshiva is very accommodating for those students who are in College or work in the afternoon.
Sh'or Yoshuv has recently included a semicha (Rabbinical Ordination) program under Rabbi Eliyahu Schneider (the first "graduates" received their semicha in the 2006-2007 year). The Yeshiva offers a Bachelor of Talmudic Law.
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