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'''Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Ocean Parkway (ULY Ocean Parkway)''' is an institution that serves as one of the largest and most central branches of the Tomchei Tmimim yeshiva network in the United States, on the border of the Flatbush neighborhood. The institution is currently intended for students of Talmud Torah age. | [[File:תומכי תמימים אושן פארקווי סמל.png|thumb|The Logo of The Yeshiva|291x291px]]'''Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Ocean Parkway (ULY Ocean Parkway)''' is an institution that serves as one of the largest and most central branches of the [[Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim|Tomchei Tmimim yeshiva]] network in [[United States of America|the United States]], on the border of the Flatbush neighborhood. The institution is currently intended for students of Talmud Torah age. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:הנחת אבן פינה לאושן פארקוויי.jpg|thumb|The cornerstone ceremony for Ocean Parkway]] | [[File:הנחת אבן פינה לאושן פארקוויי.jpg|thumb|The cornerstone ceremony for Ocean Parkway]] | ||
Immediately upon the arrival of the Rebbe Rayatz to the shores of the United States, he declared that America is no different, and as a first action in this direction, he established Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim on American soil. | Immediately upon the arrival of [[the Rebbe Rayatz]] to the shores of the United States, he declared that America is no different, and as a first action in this direction, he established Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim on American soil.[[File:אבן הפינה לישיבה במייפל סטריט..jpg|thumb|Rabbi Mordechai Dov Telishevsky (second from right) and the Rashag (fourth from right) at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the yeshiva at its originally planned location on Maple Street, on the outskirts of Crown Heights (5723/1963)]] | ||
In the early years of the yeshiva's founding, the yeshiva simultaneously used the first floor of the apartment purchased for the Rebbe Rayatz, his institutions, and activities in the 770 Eastern Parkway building, and in the building at the corner of Bedford-Dean Streets. As the yeshiva expanded, the yeshiva's director, Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary, purchased a large area in southern Crown Heights on Maple Street with the intention of building a yeshiva on it, and in 5723/1963, a cornerstone laying ceremony was held for the yeshiva building. | In the early years of the yeshiva's founding, the yeshiva simultaneously used the first floor of the apartment purchased for the Rebbe Rayatz, his institutions, and activities in the [[770 Eastern Parkway]] building, and in the building at the corner of Bedford-Dean Streets. As the yeshiva expanded, the yeshiva's director, [[The Rashag - Reb Shemaryahu Gurary|Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary]], purchased a large area in southern [[Crown Heights]] on Maple Street with the intention of building a yeshiva on it, and in 5723/1963, a cornerstone laying ceremony was held for the yeshiva building. | ||
In practice, the deteriorating condition of the Crown Heights neighborhood led to the abandonment of this plan, and instead, it was established in one of the central locations in the new Jewish neighborhoods, in the heart of Ocean Parkway Avenue, on the border of the Flatbush neighborhood. | In practice, the deteriorating condition of the Crown Heights neighborhood led to the abandonment of this plan, and instead, it was established in one of the central locations in the new Jewish neighborhoods, in the heart of Ocean Parkway Avenue, on the border of the Flatbush neighborhood. | ||
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* Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Liss - Mashgiach and Mashpia | * Rabbi Eliyahu Moshe Liss - Mashgiach and Mashpia | ||
* Rabbi Shalom Dovber Avtzon - Educator | * Rabbi Shalom Dovber Avtzon - Educator | ||
* Rabbi Yisrael | * Rabbi Yisrael Labkowski - Ram | ||
* Rabbi Yeshaya Zushe Wilhelm - Ram | * Rabbi Yeshaya Zushe Wilhelm - Ram | ||
* Rabbi Yoel Kahn - Mashpia | * Rabbi Yoel Kahn - Mashpia | ||