Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary

Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary (YOEC) is a yeshiva college in Los Angeles, California. It is the largest yeshiva college on the West Coast of the United States.[1]

Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary
TypeChabad-Lubavitch Hasidic yeshiva
Established1977
Religious affiliation
Orthodox Judaism
Academic staff
Rabbi Ezra Schochet, Dean
Location
Los Angeles
,
California
,
United States
CampusUrban
AffiliationsAssociation of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
Websitewww.yoec.edu

The yeshiva also houses a private boys high school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, called Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad High School.[2]

The seminary is affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.[3] The seminary's four-year Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Rabbinical Studies is accredited by the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation[4] The degree has a strong emphasis of Philosophy, Jewish Law, Talmudic analytics, Ethics, and Rabbinic literature.

Rabbi Ezra Schochet, scholar and Talmudist, has held the position of dean since the yeshiva's founding in 1977.[3]

In 2003 the yeshiva underwent a $5 million renovation, adding 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of space for dormitories, study rooms, and study hall.[3]

The Yeshiva also prints periodically a Pilpulim, a collection of the students original Torah thoughts and novelle, called kovetz Migdal Ohr.

See also

References
  1. Wenig, Gaby (5 February 2004). "Chabad to Make L.A. a Yeshiva City". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  2. Omotomiwa, Lydia (8 October 2021). "Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary". College Learners. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. Olidort, S. (17 September 2003). "Five Million Dollar Face-Lift For Chabad Yeshiva in Central L.A." Lubavitch.com. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. "Directories". Council for Higher Education Accreditation. 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2011-04-01.

The American Jewish writer and publisher, Richard Horowitz, wrote a memoir, The Boys Yeshiva, describing his time teaching at a Chabad yeshiva in Los Angeles.[1]

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  1. Horowitz, Richard (2021). The Boys Yeshiva: A Memoir. ISBN 979-8708605337.
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