Located just above the Cardo in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, minutes from the Kotel, Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah brings together the historic beauty of Yerushalayim and a warm, modern beis medrash. Bochurim after high school, avreichim and professionals learn side by side, each in the shiur that suits his level, in a rigorous, challenging and genuinely warm environment.
Learn at Bircas
Beis Medrash
For bochurim after high school, from Shana Alef through Gimmel and beyond.
Professionals
Full-time and part-time learning for professionals, as well as short-term programmes.
Distance Learning
Private, personalised learning with a Bircas educator, by phone or online, wherever you are.
What makes Bircas an exceptional place to learn?
The Learning
Shiur is not a place for the rebbi to say his chiddush and leave. It is a place for clarity. Every maggid shiur, the Rosh Yeshiva included, welcomes kashias, and talmidim learn to develop their own thoughts, and to explain them clearly enough to teach others.
The People
The Rosh Yeshiva is everybody's Rosh Yeshiva: when you speak with him, he is thinking only of what is best for you. Rebbeim know each talmid personally, and no one gets lost in the crowd.
Personal Growth
Bochurim, avreichim, smicha students and professionals grow together. Chanoch lanaar al pi darcho: each finds his own path, in a community where everyone helps each other grow. The yeshiva really asks one thing: are you growing?
What makes Bircas an exceptional place to learn?
The Learning
Our interactive shiurim are not a place for the rebbi to say his chiddush and leave; they are a place for achieving clarity in Hashem’s Torah. Every maggid shiur, the Rosh Yeshiva included, welcomes kashas and shiur is a forum for debate. Our goal is to teach people how to develop their own thoughts in a way that enables them to give a shiur and teach others how to learn in a clear and succinct way. This learning builds the confidence of the talmidim, gives over precious analytical, thinking and reasoning skills, and truly allows us to “see Hashem on the page”. Why is learning Gemara the primary focus of yeshiva learning?
The People
The Rosh Yeshiva is everybody’s Rosh Yeshiva. When you speak with him, he is only thinking about what is best for you, and not what is best for the yeshiva or anyone else. There is a high level of individual attention and connection with rebbeim, and the talmidim are attentive and enthusiastic. Bircas is for a talmid who wants to grow, and wants rebbeim who know exactly where he is holding. In Bircas, no-one ever gets lost in the crowd. What kind of people learn in Bircas HaTorah?
Personal Growth
Bircas HaTorah offers students, young and old alike, the opportunity to engage with students of all ages; bochurim, avreichim, smicha students and professionals together. Furthermore, the yeshiva is not a revolving door. Chanoch lanaar al pi darcho. Find each one their channel for growth. The yeshiva is a community where everyone is helping each other to grow; every person is working on improving their avodas Hashem, and the yeshiva only really cares about one thing – are you growing? What is Mussar?
Endorsements
Rav Avraham Ziskind
Rosh Yeshivas Keser Torah
“The student who enters the Yeshiva of Bircas HaTorah is not the same as the one who leaves. He is transformed into a disciple of another world—a world he never knew existed, a world he never dreamed of reaching… After a period of serious study, he will hardly recognize himself!”
Rabbi Warren Goldstein
Chief Rabbi of South Africa
“Our Kehillah has benefited greatly from the graduates of Bircas HaTorah, who, I have found, emerge from years of learning at Bircas with a deep appreciation for the value of achrayus—responsibility—for Klal Yisrael. Their impact when returning home has always been, and continues to be, a source of chizuk for our kehillah.”
Rav Asher Weiss
World-renowned Dayan and Posek
“I know Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah and Hagaon Rav Nissim Tagger. He is doing amazing work and producing wonderful Bnei Torah.”
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