Midrash Shmuel Yeshiva

Midrash Shmuel Hebrew: מדרש שמואל‎‎
Address
13 Shaarei Chesed St. Shaarei Chesed Jerusalem Israel
Information
Established	1993
Rosh Yeshiva	Rabbi Binyomin Moskovits
Affiliation	Orthodox
Bachurim	100
Website	http://www.midrashshmuel.org

Midrash Shmuel is a Charedi yeshiva catering to English-speaking students, located in the Shaarei Chesed neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel. It was founded in 1993 by Rabbi Binyomin Moskovits who functions as its Rosh HaYeshiva (dean), and was named after his mentor, the late Rabbi Shmuel Rozovsky.

The yeshiva is designed for English-speaking post-high-school students from outside Israel. All classes are held in English. Midrash Shmuel also has an introductory program called Aliyos Shmuel for college graduates and older students who seek to learn at a beginner's level, and a kollel (post-graduate) program which enrolls approximately 150 married students.

Midrash Shmuel is part of the widespread trend since the 1970s of yeshiva Torah study programs in Israel for post-high-school students from the United States and other English-speaking countries. In the 1970s there were only a handful of such programs for overseas students at the Mir, Brisk yeshiva, and Ponovezh yeshiva. Today, there are dozens of such yeshivas.

Rabbi Moskovits opened Midrash Shmuel in the early 1990s at the urging of his students and with the heartfelt encouragement of Torah giants of the generation, HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l and HaRav Elazar Menachem Mann Shach zt"l, among others.

Midrash Shmuel recruits students from across the globe who have completed yeshiva high-schools and its dean is active in this regard.

Students in the rabbinic ordination program receive semicha directly from the rosh yeshiva Rabbi Moskovits. Students also develop personal relationships with the rosh yeshiva and rabbinic lecturers which continue after graduation, as alumni participate in reunions and yeshiva fund-raising events in communities where they settle.

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