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Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies
Other name
IAJS, Kollel Toronto
TypePrivate yeshiva
Established1997 (1997)
FounderRabbi Shlomo Eliyahu Miller, Rabbi Yaakov Hirschman
Parent institution
Kollel Toronto
Religious affiliation
Orthodox Judaism
Vice-presidentAlbert Engel
DeanRabbi Nosson Hofman
Address
515 Coldstream Avenue
,
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
Canada
ColoursBlue and White   
Websitekollel.com/iajs/

The Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies is a Canadian Orthodox Jewish yeshiva. It is accredited by the Ontario Ministry of Education as a private university and has sovereignty to award bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees in Talmudic law and Judaic studies.

History

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In 1970 a group of ten families from the BMG Institute for Advanced Learning of Lakewood, New Jersey moved to Toronto and founded the Toronto Kollel. The founders include Rav Shlomo Eliyahu Miller, the Rosh Kollel of the Kollel Avreichim Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies in Toronto, and head of its Beis Din (rabbinical court) and Rav Yaakov Hirschman.

Known previously as the Institute for Advanced Talmudic Study - Kollel Avreichim, it was incorporated by letters patent dated October 9, 1970, as an institution of higher learning in theology, religious education, scholarship, and research.[1]

Facility

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The building houses the 3,000-square-foot Bais Medrash, classrooms, three book libraries, a CD library, two computer online libraries, the Bar Ilan computer resource library, the Kol Halashon online Lecture library, meeting rooms, a kitchen, and a dining room.

The Ladies Auxiliary maintains the Weinstock Memorial Library which is open to the public and runs a series of community lectures.

The New Campus

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During the 50th Anniversary Dinner (which took place on November 28, 2022, at The Embassy Grand Convention Center), The Chairman Mr. Ben Friedman Toronto, announced the purchase of a new apartment building located on Fraserwood Avenue, which will be named The Shimon Stern Residence. The new building will allow the institution to expand their scholars base and host new families who will join the Kollel in the future. In addition, Mr. Ben Friedman also presented a 3d rendering of the new Bais Medrash to be built on Coldstream Avenue. The new building will have more study halls, plenty of parking and a state of the art library.[2]

Kollel Toronto

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Kollel Toronto is an institution of learning consisting of a core group of scholars who are engaged in full-time Torah study at an advanced level—headed by Roshei Kollel, Rav Shlomo Miller שליט"א* and Rav Yaakov Hirschman שליט"א.

  • (שליט"א is pronounced "shehletah"; it is an acronym for שיחיה לימים טובים ארוכים, literally that he should live to good long days; used as an honorific after a living rabbi's name.)

Programs

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Notable alumni

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Rabbis in Toronto

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References

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  1. ^ "Founders of Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ Weiss, Baruch (November 2022). "Kollel Toronto; An Overview". Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies. Toronto, Canada (published 2022-11-28): 48.
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