Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah

Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah
File:Logo of Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah.jpg The Yeshiva's Logo
Location
Meshek 32 Moshav Zanoah, Israel 99888 Israel
Information
Type	Post-high-school Yeshiva
Established	2004
Closed	2015
Staff	15
Number of students	35-50 each year
Affiliation	Centrist Orthodox Judaism, Torah Umaddah
Roshei Yeshiva	Rabbi Scott Kahn and Rabbi Pesach Wolicki
Website	www.yesodei.org +972-2-992-3099

Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah (Hebrew: ישיבת יסודי התורה‎) was a Modern Orthodox Religious Zionist yeshiva, located in Moshav Zanoah near Bet Shemesh in Israel.

Rabbi Scott Kahn and Rabbi Pesach Wolicki served as the Roshei Yeshiva. It's focus was to develop their students into Independently Skillful Bnei Torah - meaning, to teach them, using a unique methodology, how to accurately read and translate Torah texts, while empowering them to develop a personal and Independent Torah Hashkafa.

It was affiliated with the S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program., a Scholarship programme of Yeshiva University.

It was founded in September, 2004, and closed its doors in June, 2015.

Faculty & Notable Faculty

The Yeshiva employed a total of 15 Rabbis, from a range of different backgrounds including:

• Rabbi Scott Kahn, Co-Founding Rosh Yeshiva
• Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, Co-Founding Rosh Yeshiva
• Rabbi Yisrael Isser Zvi Herczeg, Translator of the ArtScroll Rashi & Tehillim
• Rabbi Adin Krohn, Co-Editor of the Adin Steinsaltz Koren Talmud Bavli

• Rabbi Moshe Simkovich, founding principal of the Kohelet Yeshiva High School
• Rabbi Moshe Lichtman, author and translator of numerous books and scholar of Religious Zionism
• Rabbi Yaakov Arram, well-regarded educator and tour guide

External links

• Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah