Kol Torah

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Yeshiva in Jerusalem

title: "Kol Torah" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ashkenazi-jewish-culture-in-jerusalem", "german-jewish-culture-in-jerusalem", "haredi-judaism-in-israel", "haredi-yeshivas", "educational-institutions-established-in-1939", "orthodox-yeshivas-in-jerusalem", "1939-establishments-in-mandatory-palestine"] description: "Yeshiva in Jerusalem" topic_path: "society/religion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kol_Torah" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Yeshiva in Jerusalem ::

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Kol Torah is a yeshiva in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Jerusalem.

History

Yeshivas Kol Torah was founded in 1939 by Yechiel Michel Schlesinger (1898–1948), born in Hamburg, Germany and Boruch Kunstadt, a dayan from Fulda, Germany. It was the first mainstream Haredi yeshiva to teach in Hebrew, as opposed to Yiddish, as was accepted at the time. This innovation had the crucial support of the Chazon Ish.

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After Schlesinger's death in 1949, Kol Torah was headed by Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, until his death in 1995.

Moshe Yehuda Schlesinger, eldest son of the founder, is currently serving as rosh yeshiva. Kol Torah is separated into two parts, the rabbinical college and the high school. The number of students in both combined reaches around 1000 students.

Notable faculty members

, son in law of Shlomo Zalman Auerbach.
, chief disciple of Elazar Shach and Jerusalem Faction leader.
, author of Birkas Avrohom.
(1943–1997).
Yehoshua Neuwirth (1927-2013), author of Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah.

Notable alumni

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Pinchas Biberfeld (1915–1999), Chief Rabbi of Munich.
Meir Kessler, rabbi of Modi'in Illit.
Israel Meir Lau (born 1937), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel (1993–2003).
Norman Lebrecht (born 1948), British commentator on music and cultural affairs, and novelist.
Nachum Neriya (born 1941), son of Moshe-Zvi Neria and founder of Torah Betziyon.
Yehoshua Neuwirth (1927 - 2013), author of Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah.
Shmuel Rabinovitch (born 1970), rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel.
Daniel Sperber (born 1940), Professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University.
Chaim Walder (1968-2021), author of Haredi children's literature who committed suicide after a rabinnical court concluded he had sexually abused dozens of women, girls, and boys.
Yitzhak Shlomo Zilberman (1929-2001), founder of Yeshivat Aderet Eliyahu; pioneer of the Zilberman Method in Jewish education.

References

Sharon, Jeremy (5 March 2018) [https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/New-rabbinical-council-of-Jerusalem-Faction-vows-to-continue-hardline-path-544266 "New Rabbinical Council of Jerusalem Faction Vows to Continue Hardline Path"], ''The Jerusalem Post''. Retrieved 6 June 2019
"Haredi Author Chaim Walder Dies by Suicide After Dozens of Sexual Assault Allegations". Haaretz.

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