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Ohr Somayach (also Or Samayach or Ohr Somayach International) is a yeshiva based in Jerusalem founded in 1970 catering mostly to young Jewish men, usually of college age, who are already interested in learning about Judaism. It is known as a "baal teshuva" yeshiva since it caters to Jews with little or no background in Judaism, but with an interest in studying the classic texts such as the Talmud and responsa. Students are recruited either locally or from other countries where the yeshiva has established branches, such as in the United States, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia, Ukraine and Russia.

History

In 1970, Rabbis Noah Weinberg, Mendel Weinbach, Nota Schiller, and Yaakov Rosenberg, founded Shema Yisrael Yeshiva to attract young Jewish men with little or no background in Jewish studies.^[1]^[2] The founders of the Yeshiva eventually parted ways due to differences in philosophy of teaching with Rabbi Weinberg founding Aish HaTorah in 1974^[2] and Rabbi Rosenberg founding Machon Shlomo in 1982.

In 1973, Shema Yisrael changed its name to Ohr Somayach, the title of a commentary on the Mishneh Torah written by Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk.^[3]

Notable faculty

Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz, rav of the kehila
Rabbi Nota Schiller, rosh yeshiva
Rabbi Mendel Weinbach, rosh yeshiva (deceased)
Rabbi Aharon Feldman, rosh yeshiva
Rabbi Nachman Bulman, mashgiach ruchani
Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb, a former professor of analytical philosophy at Johns Hopkins University
Rabbi Dovid Kaplan, author of The Kiruv Files and the Impact! series

Notable alumni

Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
Rabbi Natan Gamedze^[4]
Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg, Graduate of Ohr LaGola: Smicha program^[5]
Jonathan Rosenblum, Haredi author and spokesperson
Rabbi Natan Slifkin
Amar'e Stoudemire, basketball player/coach^[6]
Rabbi Asher Wade
Dr. Henry Abramson, historian
Joseph J. Sherman, marketing strategist and artist^[7]

Programs

J.L.E. - Jewish Learning Exchange - Summer program includes tours of Israel and lectures
The Shoresh Program: Introduction to Talmud and Jewish thought
The Intermediate and Mechina Program: Beginner to Intermediate Talmud learning
The Beis Midrash Program: Advanced learning
Derech: One- or two-year post-high-school program
The Center Program: Intensive learning for college graduates (one- or two-year program)
Ohr LaGolah: Semikhah (ordination) program ^[8]
Chai Israel: A gap year program consisting of classes, internships, trips, volunteer work and experiences designed to emphasize Israeli culture. Rabbi Dani Zwick is the current program director.
Pisga:One- or two-year post-high-school program for South Africans and Australians.

References

^ Donn, Rabbi Yochanan. "Conscience of the Lost Jews: Harav Yisroel Noah Weinberg, zt"l". Hamodia. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b Kaplan, Dana Evan (2011). Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal. Columbia University Press. pp. 294–295. ISBN 978-0231137294.
^ "Did You Know That #16". Ohr Somayach International. 1 March 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
^ Kotkes, Leah. "A Fairy Tale Prince and Princess". Binah, 1 April 2007, pp. 16–23.
^ Herzig, Gur Aryeh (10 April 2013). "Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg Galvanizes Global Audiences" (PDF). Hamodia. Retrieved 20 May 2014. Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg grew up in Brooklyn. His education began in the Bobover Yeshivah and continued in the Chuster Rebbe's yeshivah, Toras Chessed. Later he traveled to Eretz Yisrael and learned in the yeshivah of his cousin, the Pittsburgher Rebbe of Ashdod. From there he went on to the Mirrer Yeshivah in Yerushalayim. He also completed a two-year program in rabbinical outreach at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach.
^ "Ohr Somayach - Amar'e d'Asrah – Amar'e Stoudemire".
^ "Yosef Yehuda Sherman". ohr.edu. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ Ohr LaGolah, ohr.edu

External links

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[hamodia-1] Donn, Rabbi Yochanan. "Conscience of the Lost Jews: Harav Yisroel Noah Weinberg, zt"l". Hamodia. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

[contemp-2] Kaplan, Dana Evan (2011). Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal. Columbia University Press. pp. 294–295. ISBN 978-0231137294.

[3] "Did You Know That #16". Ohr Somayach International. 1 March 2003. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

[4] Kotkes, Leah. "A Fairy Tale Prince and Princess". Binah, 1 April 2007, pp. 16–23.

[5] Herzig, Gur Aryeh (10 April 2013). "Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg Galvanizes Global Audiences" (PDF). Hamodia. Retrieved 20 May 2014. Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg grew up in Brooklyn. His education began in the Bobover Yeshivah and continued in the Chuster Rebbe's yeshivah, Toras Chessed. Later he traveled to Eretz Yisrael and learned in the yeshivah of his cousin, the Pittsburgher Rebbe of Ashdod. From there he went on to the Mirrer Yeshivah in Yerushalayim. He also completed a two-year program in rabbinical outreach at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach.

[6] "Ohr Somayach - Amar'e d'Asrah – Amar'e Stoudemire".

[7] "Yosef Yehuda Sherman". ohr.edu. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

[8] Ohr LaGolah, ohr.edu

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+{{Short description|Yeshiva based in Jerusalem founded in 1970}}
 {{other uses of|Ohr Somayach}}
 [[File:Ohr Somayach.JPG|thumb|Ohr Somayach entrance sign]]'''Ohr Somayach''' (also '''Or Samayach''' or '''Ohr Somayach International''') is a [[yeshiva]] based in [[Jerusalem]] founded in 1970 catering mostly to young [[Jews|Jewish]] men, usually of college age, who are already interested in learning about Judaism. It is known as a "[[baal teshuva]]" yeshiva since it caters to Jews with little or no background in Judaism, but with an interest in studying the classic texts such as the [[Talmud]] and [[responsa]]. Students are recruited either locally or from other countries where the yeshiva has established branches, such as in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[South Africa]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]].
 ==History==
-In 1970, Rabbis [[Noah Weinberg]], [[Mendel Weinbach]], [[Nota Schiller]], and Yaakov Rosenberg, founded Shema Yisrael Yeshiva to attract young Jewish men with little or no background in Jewish studies.<ref name="hamodia">{{cite web |url=http://www.hamodia.com/inthepaper.cfm?ArticleID=142 |title=Conscience of the Lost Jews: Harav Yisroel Noah Weinberg, zt"l |last=Donn |first=Rabbi Yochanan |publisher=[[Hamodia]] |accessdate=13 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144340/http://www.hamodia.com/inthepaper.cfm?ArticleID=142 |archivedate=21 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name=contemp>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSOG9e1QqzsC&pg=294#v=onepage&q=ohr%20somayach&f=false|title=Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal|first=Dana Evan|last=Kaplan|year=2011|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=023113729X|pages=294-295}}</ref> The founders of the Yeshiva eventually parted ways due to differences in philosophy of teaching with Rabbi Weinberg founding [[Aish HaTorah]] in 1974<ref name=contemp/> and Rabbi Rosenberg founding Machon Shlomo in 1982.
+In 1970, Rabbis [[Noah Weinberg]], [[Mendel Weinbach]], [[Nota Schiller]], and Yaakov Rosenberg, founded Shema Yisrael Yeshiva to attract young Jewish men with little or no background in Jewish studies.<ref name="hamodia">{{cite web |url=http://www.hamodia.com/inthepaper.cfm?ArticleID=142 |title=Conscience of the Lost Jews: Harav Yisroel Noah Weinberg, zt"l |last=Donn |first=Rabbi Yochanan |publisher=[[Hamodia]] |access-date=13 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144340/http://www.hamodia.com/inthepaper.cfm?ArticleID=142 |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name=contemp>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSOG9e1QqzsC&q=ohr+somayach&pg=294|title=Contemporary American Judaism: Transformation and Renewal|first=Dana Evan|last=Kaplan|year=2011|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0231137294|pages=294–295}}</ref> The founders of the Yeshiva eventually parted ways due to differences in philosophy of teaching with Rabbi Weinberg founding [[Aish HaTorah]] in 1974<ref name=contemp/> and Rabbi Rosenberg founding Machon Shlomo in 1982.
-In 1973, Shema Yisrael changed its name to Ohr Somayach, the title of a commentary on the [[Mishneh Torah]] written by Rabbi [[Meir Simcha of Dvinsk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ohr.edu/ohr_somayach/did_you_know_that/713 |title=Did You Know That #16 |date=1 March 2003 |accessdate=13 January 2011 |publisher=Ohr Somayach International}}</ref>
+In 1973, Shema Yisrael changed its name to Ohr Somayach, the title of a commentary on the [[Mishneh Torah]] written by Rabbi [[Meir Simcha of Dvinsk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ohr.edu/ohr_somayach/did_you_know_that/713 |title=Did You Know That #16 |date=1 March 2003 |access-date=13 January 2011 |publisher=Ohr Somayach International}}</ref>
 ==Notable faculty==
-*Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz, [[rav]] of the kehila
+*Rabbi [[Yitzchak Breitowitz]], [[rav]] of the kehila
 *Rabbi [[Nota Schiller]], [[rosh yeshiva]]
-*Rabbi [[Mendel Weinbach]], [[rosh yeshiva]]
+*Rabbi [[Mendel Weinbach]], [[rosh yeshiva]] (deceased)
 *Rabbi [[Aharon Feldman]], [[rosh yeshiva]]
 *Rabbi [[Nachman Bulman]], [[mashgiach ruchani]]
@@ Line 17: / Line 19: @@
 ==Notable alumni==
+* [[Shyne|Moses Michael Levi Barrow]] (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
 *Rabbi [[Natan Gamedze]]<ref>Kotkes, Leah. "A Fairy Tale Prince and Princess". ''[[Binah (magazine)|Binah]]'', 1 April 2007, pp. 16&ndash;23.</ref>
-*Rabbi [[Issamar Ginzberg]], Graduate of Ohr LaGola: [[Smicha]] program<ref>{{cite news|last=Herzig|first=Gur Aryeh|title=Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg Galvanizes Global Audiences|url=http://www.issamar.com/wp-content/uploads/Rabbi-Issamar-Ginzberg.pdf|accessdate=20 May 2014|newspaper=Hamodia|date=April 10, 2013|quote=Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg grew up in Brooklyn. His education began in the Bobover Yeshivah and continued in the Chuster Rebbe’s yeshivah, Toras Chessed. Later he traveled to Eretz Yisrael and learned in the yeshivah of his cousin, the Pittsburgher Rebbe of Ashdod. From there he went on to the Mirrer Yeshivah in Yerushalayim. He also completed a two-year program in rabbinical outreach at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach.}}</ref>
+*Rabbi [[Issamar Ginzberg]], Graduate of Ohr LaGola: [[Smicha]] program<ref>{{cite news|last=Herzig|first=Gur Aryeh|title=Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg Galvanizes Global Audiences|url=http://www.issamar.com/wp-content/uploads/Rabbi-Issamar-Ginzberg.pdf|access-date=20 May 2014|newspaper=Hamodia|date=April 10, 2013|quote=Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg grew up in Brooklyn. His education began in the Bobover Yeshivah and continued in the Chuster Rebbe’s yeshivah, Toras Chessed. Later he traveled to Eretz Yisrael and learned in the yeshivah of his cousin, the Pittsburgher Rebbe of Ashdod. From there he went on to the Mirrer Yeshivah in Yerushalayim. He also completed a two-year program in rabbinical outreach at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach.}}</ref>
 *[[Jonathan Rosenblum]], Haredi author and spokesperson
 *Rabbi [[Natan Slifkin]]
+*[[Amar'e Stoudemire]], basketball player/coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ohr.edu/articles/amare.html|title = Ohr Somayach - Amar'e d'Asrah – Amar'e Stoudemire}}</ref>
 *Rabbi [[Asher Wade]]
-*Dr. [[Henry Abramson]], Historian
+*Dr. [[Henry Abramson]], historian
+*[[Joseph J. Sherman]], marketing strategist and artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ohr.edu/6276 |title=Yosef Yehuda Sherman |website=ohr.edu |access-date=2023-09-14}}</ref>
 ==Programs==
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 *Derech: One- or two-year post-high-school program
 *The Center Program: Intensive learning for college graduates (one- or two-year program)
-*Ohr LaGolah: [[Semikhah]] program <ref>[https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel/advanced/ohr_lagolah/4311 Ohr LaGolah], ohr.edu</ref>
+*Ohr LaGolah: [[Semikhah]] (ordination) program <ref>[https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel/advanced/ohr_lagolah/4311 Ohr LaGolah], ohr.edu</ref>
 *Chai Israel: A [[gap year]] program consisting of classes, internships, trips, volunteer work and experiences designed to emphasize Israeli culture. Rabbi Dani Zwick is the current program director.
 *Pisga:One- or two-year post-high-school program for South Africans and Australians.
 ==References==
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+{{Reflist|30em}}
 ==External links==
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+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Ohr Somayach]]

v t e Yeshivas Ohr Somayach
Branches	Jerusalem Monsey, New York South Africa Toronto
Roshei yeshiva	Nota Schiller Yisroel Simcha Schorr (Monsey)
Past roshei yeshiva	Aharon Feldman Dov Schwartzman Mendel Weinbach Noah Weinberg
Rabbis	Mordechai Becher Nachman Bulman Natan Gamedze Dovid Gottlieb Dovid Kaplan Natan Slifkin Akiva Tatz Leib Tropper Berel Wein Yitzchok Zilber
Prominent alumni	Natan Gamedze Yaakov Menken Jonathan Rosenblum Asher Wade
Israel programs	Jewish Learning Exchange Mentors Mission Ohr Lagolah

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	United States Israel