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'''Morristown''' is a town and the county seat of Morris County in New Jersey, United States. | '''Morristown''' is a town and the county seat of Morris County in New Jersey, United States. | ||
[[File:בנין הישיבה.png|thumb]] | [[File:בנין הישיבה.png|thumb|The Building of The Yeshiva]] | ||
== Chabad Community in the City == | == Chabad Community in the City == | ||
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== Chabad Institutions in the City == | == Chabad Institutions in the City == | ||
* '''Tomchei Tmimim Morristown''' - The yeshiva was opened in Newark and moved to Morristown | * '''Tomchei Tmimim Morristown''' - The yeshiva was opened in Newark and moved to Morristown in the 1960's. In a private audience with the yeshiva's director, several locations besides Morristown were suggested to the Rebbe, but the Rebbe insisted upon Morristown. The yeshiva greatly influences the Jewish community of Morristown, with the majority relocating and centering around the Yeshiva campus. The yeshiva publishes the Kovetz Haoros Hatmimim V'Anash which was referenced the Rebbe in some of his talks. The yeshiva is headed by Rabbi Chaim Shapiro<ref>Marked: The Yeshiva in Morristown Will Close After Seventy Years - on the website, 29 Teves 5775 (2015)</ref>. | ||
* '''Tiferes | * '''Tiferes Bachurim Morristown''' - 'Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim' was established by The Rebbe through [[Rabbi Moshe Herson]] in 1972. The Rebbe told him in Yechidus "If this would be in the old country we would call it Tiferes Bachurim". Tiferes Bachurim was the name of the yeshiva which operated in the former Soviet Union for people who would otherwise not have had an opportunity to learn and to attend these Torah classes. It was in light of the above that this yeshiva was established to give students who were not raised in a Torah environment the opportunity to make up the learning and overall atmosphere that characterizes the jewish experience. Today the yeshiva is headed by Rabbi Yaakov Wagner. | ||
* '''Machon Semicha Beis Medrash Menachem L'Hora'ah''' - | * '''Machon Semicha Beis Medrash Menachem L'Hora'ah''' - A rabbinical ordination program headed by Rabbi Chaim Shapiro. | ||
* '''Kollel''' - Headed by Rabbi Chaim Brafman. | * '''Kollel''' - Headed by Rabbi Chaim Brafman. | ||
* '''Cheder Lubavitch for Boys''' - Managed by Rabbi Aharon Wilshanski. | * '''Cheder Lubavitch for Boys''' - Managed by Rabbi Aharon Wilshanski. | ||
* '''Cheder Lubavitch Morristown for Girls''' - Managed by Mrs. Sarah Shochat<ref>The wife of Rabbi Chaim Shochet, | * '''Cheder Lubavitch Morristown for Girls''' - Managed by Mrs. Sarah Shochat<ref>The wife of Rabbi Chaim Shochet, rabbi of the Sephardic community of Wesley Hills, New York.</ref>. | ||
* '''Levi Yitzchak Synagogue''' - Headed by the Mara D'Asra Rabbi Shneur Zalman Wilshanski. | * '''Levi Yitzchak Synagogue''' - Headed by the Mara D'Asra Rabbi Shneur Zalman Wilshanski OBM. | ||
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