Yeshiva Gedolah of the Five Towns

School in New York, United States

Yeshiva Mesoras HaTorah
YGFT

TypeYeshivaReligious affiliation(s)Orthodox JudaismEstablished2003 (2003)GenderMaleEnrollment70Websiteygft.org

Yeshiva Gedolah of the Five Towns (YGFT, Hebrew: ישיבה מסורת התורה, romanized: Yeshiva Mesoras HaTorah) is a yeshiva located in Woodmere, New York.

History

The school was founded in 2003 by its rosh kollel, Yitzchak Knobel and its rosh yeshiva (dean) Moshe Zev Katzenstein.^[1] Its first location was a storefront on West Broadway, moving in 2014 to a building at 218 Mosher Avenue in Woodmere, New York.^[2]

Description

The school has approximately seventy students and several rabbis on staff.^[2] The primary goals of the yeshiva include advancing the students' level of Torah study, particularly Talmud, and strengthening their character traits through the study of mussar.

The yeshiva's students are involved in inspecting the Five Towns eruv on a weekly basis.^[3] The yeshiva is currently^[when?] remodeling the Hewlett eruv.

References

^ (February 19, 2020) "YGFT Holds 17th Annual Dinner on February 26", 5tjt.com. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Eisenberg, Malka (April 2, 2014) "Five Towns Celebrates Yeshiva's New Home", The Jewish Star. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^ (August 13, 2021) "5 Towns and Far Rockaway Important Eruv Information", 5 Towns Central. Retrieved February 14, 2024.