The Lakewood yeshiva was founded by Rabbi Aaron Kotler in 1943. He was then succeeded by his son Rabbi Schneur Kotler, and then by Rabbi Schneur Kotler's son Rabbi Malkiel Kotler. In addition, the Yeshiva is currently led by Rabbis Yeruchem Olshin, Dovid Shustal and Yisroel Neuman, all related to Rabbi Aaron Kotler. The Mashgiach ruchani (spiritual supervisor) is Rabbi Matisyahu Solomon, a well-known lecturer on religious growth and communal issues in the Yeshiva world. Aharon (or Ahron, Aaron, Aron) Kotler (1890s - 1962) was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the United States of America. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Mashgiach ruchani (or Mashgiach, (Hebrew: Spiritual supervisor/guide) is a title that usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students lives. ...
As of 2006 the yeshiva had an enrollment of over four thousand students with about a quarter being unmarried students studying in its college-level divisions and the rest being married kollel post-graduate students. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Kollel is an institute for Jewish learning for adults; they have traditionally been a Yeshiva for married men. ...
The LakewoodYeshiva, also known as Beth Medrash Govoha (sometimes spelled Beis Medrash Gevoha), is one of the largest Harediyeshivas in the world, located in Lakewood, New Jersey, United States.
The Lakewoodyeshiva was founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotler in 1943.
As of 2006 the yeshiva had an enrollment of over four thousand students with about a quarter being unmarried students studying in its college-level divisions and the rest being married kollel post-graduate students.
Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl.: Roshei yeshiva, also referred to as "Rosh yeshivas") is a rabbi who is the academic "head", or rosh (ראש), of a yeshiva (ישיבה), a school of higher Talmudic study.
Yeshivas play a central role in the life of Orthodox Judaism so the position of Rosh yeshiva is the critical central pillar of leadership upon which the entire institution and system depends.
Lakewoodyeshiva - Rabbis Yeruchem Olshin, Dovid Shustal and Yisroel Neuman
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