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Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah is a yeshiva in Queens, New York that includes a high school and a program for post-high school men (yeshiva gedola). The Yeshiva also awards bachelor's and master's degrees in Talmudic law. It was founded in 1974 by Rabbis Kalman Epstein and Sholom Spitz. The Yeshiva has become the focal point of the Orthodox community in the neighborhood of Kew Gardens, Queens and of the broader Jewish community as well. ==History== In 1974, Rabbi Kalman Epstein and Rabbi Sholom Spitz, founded Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens at the behest of R' Spitz's teacher, Rabbi Mordechai Elefant. The yeshiva was officially a branch of Yeshivas Itri, the yeshiva in Israel started by Rabbi Elefant).〔see http://itri.webs.com/en.html〕 The Yeshiva was named "Shaar HaTorah", after the yeshiva in Grodno (in Europe), where Rabbi Epstein's great-grandfather, Rabbi Shimon Shkop, had been the rosh yeshiva. At the time, Rabbi Epstein gave the lecture (shiur in Hebrew) to undergraduate students, and Rabbi Spitz headed the graduate program. A year after the founding of the yeshiva, Rabbi Kalman Epstein's father, Rabbi Zelik Epstein, joined the yeshiva.〔 Today, Rabbi Spitz gives the shiur to the freshman and sophomore students, while Rabbi Kalman Epstein lectures to the Junior, Senior, and Graduate students. The curriculum focuses on Talmudic Law, Aramaic texts, Theology, Philosophy and Epistemology. The institution is noted for its academic prestige and is widely considered the "Princeton" of Talmudic Law universities. Acceptance rate is approximately 7%, compared to Princeton at 7.4%. In the 2000s the yeshiva began sending the high school boys to Camp Ohr Shraga, an orthodox camp in the Catskills partly founded by Rabbi Kalmans father. Attendance is mandatory for first half and boys are encouraged to stay for the second. 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「Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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