Guide to the Yeshiva The Undergraduate Torah Experience For answers to all your Yeshiva questions, email [email protected] Our Yeshiva has a long and profound history and legacy of Undergraduate Torah Studies Torah scholarship and spiritual greatness. Our roots stretch back to the Torah of Volozhin and Brisk and continue in WELCOME TO THE YESHIVA! our Yeshiva with such luminaries as Rav Shimon Shkop We have assembled in one Yeshiva an unparalleled cadre of roshei yeshiva, rebbeim, mashgichim and support staff to enable you to have an uplifting and enriching Torah experience. We hope you will take and Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik. As you enter Yeshiva, you full advantage of all the Yeshiva has to offer. will not only partake of the great heritage of our past but, Hatzlacha Rabbah! together with your rebbeim, will forge a glorious future. Richard M. Joel Rabbi Zevulun Charlop President Dean Emeritus Bravmann Family University Professor Special Assistant to the President Rabbi Menachem Penner Rabbi Dr. Yosef Kalinsky The Max and Marion Grill Dean Associate Dean Glueck Center, Room 632 Undergraduate Torah Studies 646.592.4063 Glueck Center, Room 632 [email protected] 646.592.4068 [email protected] For answers to all your Yeshiva questions, email [email protected] 1 Undergraduate Torah Studies Programs Yeshiva Program/Mazer School The James Striar School (JSS) of Talmudic Studies (MYP) This path is intended for students new to Hebrew language and textual study who aspire to attain This program offers an advanced and sophisticated a broad-based Jewish philosophical and text classical yeshiva experience. Students engage education. Led by a dynamic, caring faculty and in in-depth study of Talmud with our world- with daily mentoring from students at YU’s renowned roshei yeshiva. The most extensive rabbinical seminary, the program provides of the programs, MYP offers the deepest expo- nurturing and support, inspiring students to sure to traditional learning while at the same appreciate the beauty, warmth and wisdom of time providing opportunities to interact with traditional Judaism. roshei yeshiva outside the beit midrash, thereby nurturing a special rebbe-talmid relationship. Masmidim Program Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash Developed for students with the potential to become genuine talmidei chachamim, the Program (SBMP) Masmidim program offers a rigorous, structured learning schedule and curriculum in order to This program offers classic Yeshiva learning maximize religious and spiritual growth. typified by morning seder with a chavruta in the beit midrash and an in-depth shiur of the text by an exemplary and warm rebbe, while expanding its curriculum to include Tanach, Halacha and Jewish philosophy. The program affords students Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic greater flexibility for their college studies. Studies (IBC) Intended for students seeking an advanced and structured—yet flexible—program in the major BA/Semicha Program areas of Jewish learning and practice, IBC offers a wide range of Jewish studies courses, including Developed for exceptional aspiring rabbis with Jewish philosophy, Jewish history, Halacha, a passion to maximize their Torah learning, Talmud, Hebrew language and Tanach. Students the BA/Semicha Program enables participants are empowered to attain the broad knowledge to earn a bachelor’s degree and semicha while base and skills necessary for serious study of fully immersing themselves in Torah scholarship classic Jewish texts. that will lay the foundation for their future. Participants will learn three daily sedarim and participate in a unique Halacha curriculum tailored toward the future rabbi. 2 Mashgichim Administration Masmidim Program Yeshiva is your place to continue to grow as ovdei Hashem—and we are here to help in any way we can. We serve an important role as you adjust to a dual curriculum while maximizing your learning and spiritual growth. Rabbi Yosef Blau Rabbi Moshe Rabbi Ely Bacon Rabbi Josh Blass Rabbi Aharon Rabbi Simcha Hopkovitz Rabbi Zvi Romm Rabbi Ariel Diamond Rabbi Mayer Twersky Senior Mashgiach Weinberger Mashgiach Ruchani Mashgiach Ruchani Ciment Torah Studies Bochein [email protected] Director Ruchani Mashpia Assistant Dean of Glueck 314 and in SBMP Mashgiach Academic Adviser Glueck 506 Glueck 407 Furst Hall 419 and in Glueck 609 and in Undergraduate Harry Fischel Beit Ruchani Glueck 625 [email protected] [email protected] Glueck Beit Midrash the Batei Midrash Torah Studies Midrash 201.233.1683 [email protected] 646.530.1482 [email protected] Glueck 313 and in 917.623.4711 [email protected] [email protected] Glueck Beit Midrash [email protected] 917.623.4714 [email protected] Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Rabbi Binyamin Rabbi Dan Cohen Rabbi Benjamin Rabbi Ari Zahtz Rabbi Michoel Zylberman Weinberg Krohn Edmond J. Safra Sgan Rofeh Glueck 408 and in Glueck 506 SBMP Mashgiach Mashgiach Ruchani Mashgiach for the IBC Mashgiach Glueck Beit Midrash [email protected] Ruchani Glueck 310 and in Sephardic Community Ruchani 917.584.2823 Glueck 311 and in Harry Fischel Glueck 319 Glueck 619 [email protected] Harry Fischel Beit Midrash 917.442.4791 917.957.4939 Beit Midrash 201.527.5548 [email protected] [email protected] 201.803.2749 [email protected] [email protected] 4 5 ROSHEI YESHIVA and REBBEIM: Mazer Yeshiva Program (MYP) Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky Rabbi Daniel Stein Rabbi Dr. Moshe Tendler Rabbi Mayer Twersky Rabbi Elchanan Adler Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Haim Rabbi Yitzchak Cohen Rabbi Daniel Feldman Rabbi Meir Goldwicht Rabbi David Hirsch Rabbi Dr. Dovid Horwitz Rabbi Aharon Kahn Rabbi Yaakov Werblowsky Rabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder Rabbi Netanel Rabbi Mordechai Willig Wiederblank Rabbi Eliakim Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger Rabbi Hershel Reichman Rabbi Dr. Michael Rabbi Yehuda Willig Koenigsberg Rosensweig Rabbi Avi Sarfaty Rabbi Hershel Schachter Rabbi Eliahu Baruch Rabbi Baruch Simon Shulman Stone Beit Midrash Program (SBMP) Isaac Breuer College (IBC) Rabbi Eli Belizon Rabbi Etan Moshe Rabbi Aharon Ciment Rabbi Meir Goldwicht Rabbi Hayyim Angel Rabbi Benjamin Blech Rabbi Yosef Bronstein Rabbi Gabriel Danieli Berman Rabbi Shmuel Maybruch Rabbi Daniel Rapp Rabbi Jonathan Schachter Rabbi Etan Schnall Rabbi Reuven Fink Rabbi Meir Fulda Rabbi Zev Reichman Rabbi Benjamin Rofeh SBMP Shoelim Umaishivim Each shiur has a shoel umaishiv who is there to make a kesher with you and will work with you during seder to answer your gemara related questions and help you prepare for shiur. R. Jacob Braun R. Azriel Kuschnir R. Dani Caplan for Rabbi Meir Goldwicht’s for Rabbi Moshe Tzvi for Rabbi Etan Moshe Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Rabbi Zvi Romm Rabbi Allen Schwartz shiur Weinberg’s shiur Berman’s shiur Weinberg [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] R. Hudi Chinskey R. Yisrael Apfel R. Zac Katz for Rabbi Etan Schnall’s for Rabbi Eli Belizon’s shiur for Rabbi Jonathan shiur [email protected] Schachter’s shiur [email protected] [email protected] R. David Kornbluth R. Shmuel Lesher for Rabbi Dani Rapp’s shiur for Rabbi Shmuel [email protected] Maybruch’s shiur [email protected] 8 James Striar School (JSS) Rabbi Yonason Shippel Rabbi Mordechai Becher Rabbi Dr. Daniel Lerner Rabbi Matt Levee Director, Glueck, 627 Campus Counselor 646.592.4024 773.203.9560 [email protected] [email protected] Madrichim Your peers and mentors from your yeshiva in Israel are here to help you orient to Yeshiva University. Rabbi Yitzchok Liberman Rabbi Uri Orlian Rabbi Zev Reichman Professor Harvey Sober BAR ILAN LEV HATORAH OHR YERUSHALYIM SHAALVIM Maor Shoshana Brandon Bier Michael Khaloo Elisha Hagler 305.682.0375 973.580.0912 347.556.2837 908.247.0618 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ariel Reiner GUSH MEVASERET ORAYTA 201.290.5272 [email protected] Avraham Wein Jonathan Weinstien Binyamin Zirman 718.570.5067 718.514.1441 201.625.2362 [email protected] jonathanweinstein27 benjamin.zirman TORAT SHRAGA @gmail.com @mail.yu.edu Yoni Fleischmann HAKOTEL 917.903.5061 [email protected] Mordy Dubin NETIV ARYEH REISHIT Rabbi Simcha Willig Rabbi Benjamin Yudin 201.615.7015 Zach Berger Jonathan Kluger Yoel Polack [email protected] 516.456.1461 732.272.5991 516.330.0908 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Zach Green KBY Oren Neiman Yosef Penner 201.692.9690 347.229.2784 617.997.9529 Jeremy Teichman [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 516.289.1589 [email protected] Orin Schwartz 847.722.0383 YISHREI LEV [email protected] Andrew Mermelstein 516.655.2319 [email protected] 10 11 Minyan information The Yeshiva Minyan takes place in the Glueck Beit Midrash at the following times: • Shacharit: Mondays and Thursdays, 7:35 a.m.; Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:45 a.m. • Mincha: Sundays, 1:30 p.m.; Mondays – Thursdays, 2:30 p.m. NIGHT SEDER • Maariv: Sundays – Thursdays, ובהם נהגה יומם ולילה! .p.m., during Elul 10:15 p.m 10 MYP Shiur Assistants For a full list of minyan and selichot times and locations, visit www.yuzmanim.com. Shiur assistants are available to answer all your MYP shiur related questions, set up chavrusos, assign NIGHT SEDER REBBE NIGHT SEDER REBBE seating, and more. Rabbi Yitzchok Radner Rabbi David Weiss Glueck Beis Medrash 2nd Floor Glueck Beis Medrash 1st Floor [email protected] [email protected] Additional Chaburot and 248.506.4873 516.524.4058 Rabbi Adler Rabbi Kahn Rabbi Schachter Rabbi Twersky Night Seder Options ZACH GREEN SHLOMODAVID MORDECHAI DJAVAHERI JONAH STEINMETZ 516.330.0908