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Telshe Yeshiva (Chicago) (or Telshe Chicago or Telz Chicago) is a Yeshiva (Jewish Talmudical and Rabbinical School) in Chicago, Illinois. In 1960, Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz, Rosh Yeshiva of the Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio, established Telshe Chicago as a branch of the Telshe Yeshiva (named after the Lithuanian town of Telšiai).
At the request of members of the Chicago Jewish Community who wanted a Lithuanian-style Yeshiva in their midst, Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz selected a group of exemplary students, led by Rabbis Avrohom Chaim Levin and Chaim Schmelczer, to open the Chicago branch. Rabbi Chaim Dov Keller joined them a year later.
The Mechina ("preparatory school") offers a four-year course for students of high school age in Talmud, Hebrew Bible, Prophets and Jewish law leading to acceptance in the yeshiva division. The Mechina incorporates the Telshe High School, which offers a full four-year senior high school general studies program accredited by the Illinois State Board of Education.
The yeshiva (undergraduate division) offers a five-year intensive course of study in Talmud, Bible, Jewish law, and ethics leading to a "First Talmudic Degree", equivalent to a B.A.
The kollel graduate school offers a six-year program to students who have completed the Yeshiva course to research specific areas of Talmudic law and ethics, culminating in a "Second Talmudic Degree", equivalent to a master's degree.
Telshe Chicago offers two two-year programs for students who have completed their undergraduate studies.
The Community Institute of Telshe Chicago is an extension of Telshe Chicago, servicing the community with adult Jewish education. Courses offered include Talmud, Mishna, Hebrew Bible, practical application of Jewish law, Jewish philosophy and selections from the works by Maimonides.
There are scheduled classes in the yeshiva, northern suburbs, and a Chavrusa Community Kollel Program at Congregation Agudath Israel/Warsaw Bikur Cholim in Peterson Park.
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