Lamplighters Yeshivah

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Lamplighters Yeshivah
FormationNovember 2009 (November 2009)
DissolvedJuly 2020 (July 2020)
Location
  • Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Founder
Yocheved Sidof
Website www.lamplightersyeshivah.com

Lamplighters Yeshivah was a Jewish Montessori-style school for Jewish children located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn that was founded in 2009. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In 2020, the school was closed due to financial difficulties. [6]

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Background

Lamplighters Yeshivah was one of the 47 plus Jewish Montessori-style Hebrew day schools or yeshivas in the United States. Lamplighters is located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and is catered to parents from the local Chabad Hasidic community. [2] [7]

The school was founded in November 2009, with just four families. [8] As of now, the school has shut down as mentioned above.

The name "Lamplighters" was chosen for the school based on the Hasidic teaching [9] that each person can better the world and "transform darkness into light". [5]

Educational style

Lamplighters incorporates both Jewish and general topics in their curriculum. Teaching methods are heavily influenced by Montessori educational methods. Lessons often blend traditional Jewish topics with general Montessori activities. [2] [10]

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