Editing Miami (section)

== Chabad Community in Miami ==
Until the early 1960s, there was no Chabad presence in Florida or Miami. This changed when in 1960, the Rebbe instructed Rabbi Avraham Korf to become a Shliach (emissary) to Florida. After his wedding in Kislev 1961, Avraham Korf and his wife moved to Miami Beach, where there was already minimal Jewish activity and several synagogues. Initially, they gave classes and lectures at various synagogues, and after establishing their activities, they founded the first Chabad synagogue, built a mikvah following the bor al gabei bor method, and later established an educational framework for Jewish children.

In 1974, the Rebbe sent Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schapiro to establish a yeshiva in Miami with 11 students personally chosen by the Rebbe. Later, as the Chabad community in Miami grew and established itself, Rabbi Schapiro was appointed as the community rabbi.

In 2014, due to the significant expansion of the Chabad community in Miami, the local Talmud Torah split into two separate campuses. The first, for grades 1-6, remained at the original location, while the second, called "Mesivta," moved to Miami Beach for grades 6-8. For the 2017-2018 school year, Beis Chana High School moved to a spacious 47,000-square-meter campus, costing about five million dollars. In Cheshvan 2021, the Mesivta administration purchased a new, spacious campus for the students, costing about seven million dollars.