From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim
Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim
Yeshiva Pri Eitz Chaim was a Chareidi yeshiva based in The erstwhile Rosh Yeshivas: American-born Rabbi
Johannesburg, South Africa. The Yeshiva was established Eichenstein, a Torah scholar of world renown, had lived
in 2004 and operated for three years; it was accommo- in Israel for over forty years. He headed yeshivos in
dated by the Kollel Yad Shaul in Gardens, Johannesburg. Jerusalem for over 20 years, and subsequently was a pul-
The then Rosh Yeshivas were Rabbis Berel Eichestein and pit Rabbi in New York. Rabbi Gedalya Sternstein, also
Gedalya Sternstein. Rabbi Eichenstein delivered weekly American born, learned in Ner Israel Yeshiva of Balti-
lectures to the public, as well as to high school students, more under Rabbi Y. Ruderman, and thereafter in Mercaz
in addition to his Yeshiva duties. Hatorah in Montreal, where he was mashgiach, and sub-
The Yeshiva "taught many young scholars, guiding sequently functioned as Rosh Yeshiva of Toras Emes high
them in the delicate ways of correct understanding of all school in Johannesburg, for over 30 years.
Torah learning"[citation needed]. Some students joined the
Yeshiva directly following high school, but the majori-
ty did so after first having studied overseas, including
See also
in the "Ivy League" Yeshivas of Israel and the UK. Stu- • Jewish education in South Africa under History of
dents ranged in age from eighteen to thirty-five. The the Jews in South Africa
student body had fourteen full-time students, and eight • Orthodox yeshivas in South Africa
part-time students. There was a yeshiva residence, with
meals provided daily to the entire student body.
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• Orthodox yeshivas in South Africa
• Education in Johannesburg
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