Rabbinical College of America

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Rabbinical College of America
Type Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic Yeshiva
Religious affiliation
Jewish
Academic affiliations
Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, Tomchei Temimim
Location, ,
U.S.
CampusUrban, 82-acre (330,000 m2)
Website www.rca.edu

The Rabbinical College of America is a Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic yeshiva in Morristown, New Jersey. The Yeshiva is under the direction of Rabbi Moshe Herson. The growth of the Yeshiva college has had a significant cultural effect on the community and has influenced many Jewish families to move into the area to be near the Yeshiva and the surrounding synagogues. It is supported by Jewish philanthropists such as David T. Chase and Ronald Lauder of Estée Lauder Inc. [1] [2]

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Licensed by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, [3] the Yeshiva grants a four-year Bachelor's Degree in Religious Studies [4] accredited by the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools. [5]

The college is located on an 82-acre (330,000 m2) campus in Morris Township, New Jersey. The campus is the New Jersey Headquarters of the Chabad Lubavitch movement. [6]

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