Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary

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Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary
Type Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic yeshiva
Established1977
Religious affiliation
Orthodox Judaism
Academic staff
Rabbi Ezra Schochet, Dean
Location, ,
United States
Campus Urban
Affiliations Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools
Website www.yoec.edu

Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary (YOEC) is a yeshiva college in Los Angeles, California. It is the largest yeshiva college on the West Coast of the United States. [1]

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The yeshiva also houses a private boys high school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, called Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad High School. [2]

The seminary is affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. [3] The seminary's four-year Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Rabbinical Studies is accredited by the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation [4] The degree has a strong emphasis of Philosophy, Jewish Law, Talmudic analytics, Ethics, and Rabbinic literature.

Rabbi Ezra Schochet, scholar and Talmudist, has held the position of dean since the yeshiva's founding in 1977. [3]

In 2003 the yeshiva underwent a $5 million renovation, adding 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of space for dormitories, study rooms, and study hall. [3]

The Yeshiva also prints periodically a Pilpulim , a collection of the students original Torah thoughts and novelle, called kovetz Migdal Ohr.

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The American Jewish writer and publisher, Richard Horowitz, wrote a memoir, The Boys Yeshiva, describing his time teaching at a Chabad yeshiva in Los Angeles. [1]

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  1. Horowitz, Richard (2021). The Boys Yeshiva: A Memoir. ISBN   979-8708605337.