Bais Moshe

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Yeshivath Bais Moshe
Type Yeshiva
Religious affiliation
Haredi Orthodox
Undergraduates 78
Location, ,
United States

Yeshiva Bais Moshe (also referred to as Yeshivath Beth Moshe, Yeshiva Beth Moshe, Scranton Yeshiva, or Milton Eisner Yeshiva High School), is a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish High School and Seminary (yeshiva) in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1965 [1]

Yeshiva Bais Moshe is an all-male school. It comprises a high school and a collegiate-level seminary Beis Midrash. About 80 students between ages 14 and 18 attend the high school, while about 50 students between the ages of 19 and 23 attend the seminary.[ citation needed ]

The campus, located in the South Side of Scranton, has two buildings. The main building contains the Beis Midrash study and prayer hall, classrooms, dining area, library, and dormitory. The other building contains a dormitory and a kosher grocery.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Tanna Devei Eliyahuתנא דבי אליהו. Scranton, PA. 2013. p. vii. ISBN   1-892692-34-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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