Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel

Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel (MTY) is an Orthodox yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in the Fall of 1988 by Rabbi David Harris.

Beginning as a fledgling branch of the Rabbinical Seminary of America known as the Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, (located in Queens, New York), it has evolved under the leadership of Rabbi Tzvi Turk (b. 1951?) into an established yeshiva.

It is primarily an American, Lithuanian-style Haredi but non-Hasidic yeshiva focusing on Talmud study.

Although, like the majority of Chofetz Chaim branches, it is run independently, it continues to retain strong ties with its parent institution (the Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim). It currently has over two hundred students on the high school level and about twenty at the post-high school Beth midrash level. Many of the latter will continue on a rigidly determined curriculum, eventually seeking rabbinical ordination through Chofetz Chaim or through other rabbinical schools.

The Mehalach

Like its affiliate, Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, there are three primary characteristics of this Yeshiva's methodology of study that distinguish it from others in its genre:

Firstly, there is an emphasis upon unfolding the latent processes of reasoning within the steps of the Talmudic sugya. The methodology employed by this Yeshiva places emphasis on the notion that the initial assumptions of the Talmud must be highly rigorous, and that the movement between the initial thought process (known as the hava aminah) of the Talmudic sugya to the final thought process must be fully unfolded and understood.

Secondly, their approach to ethical and biblical texts and its commentaries emphasize a rigour that other Yeshivos of their genre generally reserve to halachic or Talmudic texts alone. The term "muchrach" is often employed when discussing what may be learned from biblical commentaries. This term means "logically and textually compelling." Theoretically, this approach yields a much more compelling discourse on Torah. In practice, however, the fact that the logic and textually compelling aspects of the discourse are themselves subjective rather than objective in standard, often the ideal of "muchrach" is not reached.

The third distinguishing characteristic is the emphasis placed upon propagating the ideals and values of Judaism. Students are encouraged upon completion of a rigorous term of study, to seek employment in the field of Jewish education, often launching their own educational institutions themselves or with a partner.

References

* [http://www.lookstein.org/school_db.php?School=yisroel&State= The Lookstein Center to promote Jewish education in the Diaspora] at ookstein.org