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Ohr Somayach – Derech Institute for Torah Studies

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Ohr Somayach – Derech Institute for Torah Studies is a yeshiva in Jerusalem, for gap-year students, men only.

A program at the Jerusalem baal-teshuva yeshiva founded in 1970, designed for motivated post-high-school students who may lack a strong formal Jewish education but have the intellectual drive to independently study classical Jewish texts including Talmud and responsa, taught by faculty trained to teach from absolute zero.

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For motivated post-high-school men without a strong Jewish educational background who want to build independent Talmud/text-study skills from the ground up.

Duration
Gap Year — 1 year (customized programs also available for South African and Australian post-high-school students)
How to sign up
Apply through Ohr Somayach's Study in Israel admissions page or the Masa Israel listing for Ohr Somayach Institutions.
https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel/
Contact
https://ohr.edu/

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