Editing New Jersey

'''New Jersey''' is a state adjacent to New York State in the United States, about an hour's drive from Crown Heights, where many religious Jews reside. There is extensive Chabad activity in this state.

== Partial List of Shluchim in the State ==

* Rabbi Akiva Greenbaum - Ewing
* Rabbi Mendy Lewis - Old Tappan
* Rabbi Shmuel Konikov - Englewood
* Rabbi Yisroel Benish - Bayonne
* Rabbi Shmuel Naparstek - Jackson and Lakewood
* Rabbi Meir Rapoport - Galloway
* Rabbi Hirsh Lusak - Glassboro
* Rabbi Avraham Engel - Dumont
* Rabbi Levi Azimov - South Brunswick
* Rabbi Shmuel Levitin - Hoboken
* Rabbi Moshe Shapiro - Hoboken
* Rabbi Shmeya Galperin - Holmdel and Middletown
* Rabbi Eli Kornfeld - Hunterdon County

== The Yeshiva in West New York ==
'''Extended article - Tomchei Tmimim New Jersey'''

The Tomchei Tmimim New Jersey Yeshiva was founded in Elul 5770 (2010) under the name 'Mesivta Lubavitch West New York.' In its first year, the yeshiva was located in the city of West New York, New Jersey (an hour's drive from Crown Heights), in a large, historic synagogue.

The synagogue building was built in 5676 (1916) and served for years as a place of prayer for over a thousand worshippers, but over the years the community dwindled, and many Jews of the community abandoned the place, leaving the synagogue empty and desolate except for a small minyan. In 5766 (2006), ownership of the place was transferred to Rabbi Shneur Zalman Hertzel, who moved his yeshiva there, which had opened several years earlier in Flatbush, Brooklyn, but the yeshiva did not last long.

When the Mesivta was founded in Elul 5770 (2010), the studies took place in the historic synagogue. Over time, the building underwent extensive renovation, and an elaborate mikvah tahara was built on site.

The yeshiva opened with only one class, but grew over the years until in 5773 (2013), the number of students in the yeshiva reached over 60 students. Most of the students in the yeshiva are graduates of the Talmud Torah 'Or Menachem Crown Heights.' Before the 5772 (2011-2012) school year, the yeshiva's administrators managed to find a building that was more suitable for the yeshiva's needs in Queens, New York, and the yeshiva moved to its new location.

== See Also ==

* Morristown