Yeshiva Torah Vodaas (or Mesivta Torah Vodaas) is a Haredi yeshiva located in Brooklyn, New York, founded by Binyamin Wilhelm, author of Nidchei Yisroel (a guide for new Jewish immigrants). The yeshiva was headed in its earliest years by Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, who insisted that he be addressed as "Mr. Mendlowitz". Haredi or Charedi Judaism, often also called ultra-Orthodox Judaism, is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. ... Yeshiva or yeshivah (Hebrew: ישיבה pl. ... Main article: New York City A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was an early leader of American Orthodoxy and founder of key institutions of Torah Vodaath, a Yeshiva in Brooklyn, and Torah UMesorah, an outreach and educational organization. ...

One of the current Rosh Yeshivas is Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, who is also a posek for the Orthodox Union. Rabbi Belsky is the son of Rabbi Dov Beryl Belsky, and Chana Wilhelm Belsky, the daughter of Binyamin Wilhelm. A Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (plural in Hebrew: Roshei yeshiva, but also referred to in the English form as Rosh yeshivas) is a rabbi who is the academic head, or rosh (ראש), of a yeshiva (ישיבה), a college of higher Talmudic study. ... Posek (Hebrew פוסק, IPA: , pl. ... OU logo. ...

Some well-known rabbis affiliated with this yeshiva have included Rabbis Avraham Yaakov Pam, Shlomo Heiman (who was Rosh Yeshiva until his death in 1945), Yaakov Kaminetsky, Gedalia Schorr, and Reuvain Grozovsky. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Other Rabbis associated with the early days of what is formally known as Yeshiva & Mesivta Torah Vodaath (925 East 9th Street, Brooklyn) are Rav Chaim Yechezkel Moseson (who was also involved in the early days of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Yeshiva of Brooklyn, Yeshiva Tifereth YerushoLaYim) and Rav Mordechai Eliyahu Finkelstein.

As was noted in a 5764 printed correction, "It is impossible to give credit to everyone involved in such a large Mosad, as no one knows every detail of the history."

At least two sources (one of which adds the name Rabbi Zev Gold to the above names) make note of the use of Hebrew prior to the redirection to Yiddish by Reb Shraga Feivel.

External link

• Obituary for Chana Belsky