Yeshivat Lev Hatorah

Infobox School
name=Yeshivat Lev HaTorah


caption=
type=Post-high-school Yeshiva
established=2003
affiliation=Modern Orthodox Judaism
free_label=Rashei Yeshiva
free_text=Rav Boaz Mori
staff=22
students=60
location=Nachal Luz 3
Ramat Bet Shemesh 99000
country=Israel
website= [http://www.levhatorah.org// www.levhatorah.org]
[phone]

Yeshivat Lev HaTorah (Hebrew: ישיבת לב התורה) is a Religious Zionist yeshiva, located in Ramat Bet Shemesh, Israel.

Rav Boaz Mori established the yeshiva in 2002 and is the "Rosh yeshiva". Rav Benji Kwalwasser is the Yeshiva's "Mashgiach ruchani" and Rav Michael Cytrin is the school's "menahel." The yeshiva has recently moved to Ramat Shilo, a new community on the outskirts of Ramat Bet Shemesh Alef, where a new campus is under construction.

Faculty

The Yeshiva employs a total of 22 Rabbis from a wide spectrum of places. Some well known rabbis who teach classes include Rav Yehoshua Fass, the director and founder of Nefesh B'Nefesh, Rav Natan Slifkin, the world renowned "Zoo Rabbi," and Rav Mordechai Machlis.

=Sedarim=

Morning Seder

The student body is divided into five different shiurim (class-levels), based on level of proficiency. Each shiur has its own "Ram". Morning seder is a mix of seder time and shiur, running from 10:00 to 12:30, after which most students have a small shiur on tfilla by one of the rabbis. In the top shiur, seder runs instead until 1:00 and tefilla class is given later at night.

Afternoon Seder

Afternoon seder is a mix of classes in many topics including Halacha, Tanach, and Machshava, with an hour of free seder time in the middle. On Thursdays afternoon seder time is used for a Torat Eretz Yisrael seminar, where students have the opportunity to learn and see about a plethora of different topics and events including the validity of techelet, the life of Rav Soloveitchik, and kosher wine making.

Night Seder

Like morning seder, night seder is broken up into the same five shiurim as the morning, with most shiurim focussing on "b'iyun" learning (although some classes learn "b'kiut").On Thursdays night seder runs late, with popular school-wide sichot given by Rav Benji Kwalwasser and Rav Yehoshua Fass, followed at midnight by the wildly popular Prime Time Parsha, at which students hear divrei torah and eat cholent made by their fellow classmates.

Other faculty

Daily Schedule

*7:45-8:30 Shacharit
*8:30-9:15 Breakfast
*9:15-10:00 Parshat HaShavua seder
*Morning Seder
**10:00-12:30 Morning seder/shiur
**12:30-1:00 Tfilla shiur (Top shiur and shana bet shiur until 1:00)
**1:00-3:45 Lunch and afternoon break
*3:45-4:00 Mincha
*Afternoon Seder
**4:00-4:45 First Afternoon Class
**4:45-5:00 Snack Break
**5:00-6:00 Afternoon Seder Time
**6:00-6:45 Second Afternoon Class
***Thursday afternoons: Torat Eretz Yisrael Seminar
*6:45-7:45 Dinner
*Night Seder
**7:45-9:30 Night Shiur
**9:30-9:45 Maariv
**9:45-10-15 V.S.S.
***Thursday Nights
***7:30-8:15 Sicha (Rav Kwalwasser)
***8:15-10:00 Night Seder
***10:00-10:15 Maariv
***10:15-11:00 Practical Halacha (Rav Fass)
***11:00-12:00 Seder Time
***12:00-12:30 Prime Time Parsha (PTP)

External links

* [http://www.levhatorah.org/index.asp/ Official site]
* [http://www.yu.edu/cjf/gis/page2.aspx?id=15914&ekmensel=e93f1ad4_1496_0_15914_14/ Info page on Lev from Yeshiva University]