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serving in the 1940s as first-grade rebbe in the Yeshiva Toras Chaim in East New York, Brooklyn
- ↑ "Head of Agudath Israel, the Novominsker Rebbe, Succumbs to the Coronavirus at 89". The Jewish Press . April 7, 2020.
studied at Yeshiva Toras Chaim in East New York
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Under the guidance of Rabbi Isaac Shmidman, dean of Yeshiva and Mesivta Torahs Chaim .. 631 Belmont Avenue
- 1 2 3 Jeff Bessen (November 14, 2019). "Lighting the way at Yeshiva of South Shore". Long Island Herald .
- 1 2 "Long Island Journal". New York Times . April 11, 1982.
THE Yeshiva Toras Chaim of the South Shore marked its 25th anniversary week ... Rabbi Benjamin Kamenetzky
- ↑ Phyllis Bernstein (December 21, 1975). "Hewlett Yeshiva Is Facing Closing". New York Times .
the 250-student Yeshiva Toras Chaim at South Shore closed down temporarily for two days
- ↑ Sharon Monahan (April 17, 1988). "Rental Rejection Annoys Yeshiva". New York Times .
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- ↑ "Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, Head of Hasidic Dynasty in Brooklyn". New York Times . April 16, 2020.
He attended Yeshiva Toras Chaim and Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn and Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, N.J.
- Arnold J. Cohen; Max Cohen (1989). A History of the Jewish East New York of Yeshiva Toras Chaim.
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