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Yeshivah Gedolah of Johannesburg was one of the first Yeshivot established in South Africa. Since its founding in 1973, it has played an important - though understated - role in the South African religious community; see Jewish education in South Africa. It is based in Observatory, Johannesburg. It was established and headed by Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Azriel Goldfein until his death in 2007, and is now headed by Rabbi Goldfein's sons Rabbi Avi and Rabbi David Goldfein. The Yeshiva accommodates students from across the spectrum of Orthodoxy. The Hirsch Lyons Primary and High Schools are associated with the Yeshivah. Rabbi Goldfein studied in Telz Yeshiva, under great rabbis who survived the Holocaust, and was a lifelong ''talmid muvhak'' (prominent student) of Rabbi Mordechai Gifter. During this time, he developed a "love of and profound knowledge of" the writings of the Maharal of Prague. With his wife Clarice Goldfein, he came to South Africa from the United States in 1972, "with a mission to establish an authentic, world-class yeshiva... for the training of South African rabbis for South Africa", 〔 and “Yeshivah Gedolah” was established the next year, originally based at the Yeshiva College of South Africa. The Yeshivah's ''derech'' (educational model) is built on two main approaches. Primarily, the Yeshivah follows the "Telshe ''derech''", stressing ''Mussar'' (Ethics) and ''Derech eretz'' (character and behaviour) alongside Talmud study. 〔 “This ''derech'' is manifest in both the Talmudic ''lomdus'' (scholarship) and ''derech avoda'' (practice) in ''Machashava'' ("Jewish thought") and Mussar practiced in the Lithuanian Telshe… a system unified and consistent across all areas of thought, analysis and endeavor.” Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer, (120 Years Since the Founding of the Yeshiva ). 〕 Secondly, and in complementary fashion, the ''derech'' of the Maharal influences the Yeshivah's approach to learning, and more particularly, its ''Hashkafa'' ("worldview", beliefs within Orthodox Judaism). Additional to these, there is a further and direct link to the Lithuanian yeshivas: In the 1980s, Rabbi Jacob Symanowitz〔See Leon Feldberg, Editor. (1965).''South African Jewry: A Survey of the Jewish Community, Its Contributions to South Africa, Directory of Communal Institutions, and Who's who of Leading Personalities''. Fieldhill Publishing Company.〕 of the Johannesburg Beth Din, taught the ''shiur'' ("lecture") in ''Yoreh Deah'', including to the current ''Roshei Yeshiva'', who subsequently studied with him for several years. He, in turn, had studied in Baranovich (Novardok Yeshiva) under Elchonon Wasserman, as well as in Mir and Slabodka and received ''semichah'' (ordination) - ''Yadin Yadin'' - from Meyer Abovitz. “Yeshivah Gedolah” is known for its "uncomplicated approach to learning"〔(Memorial article ) 〕 (consistent with the Maharal's approach to Torah study), and for its high standards〔(Rabbinical Council of America List of Approved Yeshivot )〕 and thorough ''semichah'' programme, requiring that graduates "be ''talmidei chachamim'' (Talmudic scholars), and not just religious functionaries".〔 The Yeshiva has trained dozens of South African rabbis, including Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein. More than 50 shuls, 20 communal organisations and virtually all of South Africa's Jewish day schools have been served by its alumni.〔 The yeshiva also provides learning opportunities and resources to the community. Over the decades, Rabbi Goldfein gave thousands of public lectures, including the very popular ''Parashat ha-Shavua'' ''shiur'', more than 1000 of which were recorded and are widely distributed. A documentary film, Bridging Worlds: The Life and Teachings of Rav Azriel Chaim Goldfein was produced in 2014. ==See also== *Jewish education in South Africa *Orthodox yeshivas in South Africa 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yeshivah Gedolah of Johannesburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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