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A kollel (Hebrew: כולל; "a gathering/collection [of scholars]") (plural: kollelim) is an institute for advanced studies of the Talmud and of rabbinic literature for Jewish men, essentially a yeshiva which pays married men a regular monthly stipend or annual salary (and/or provides housing and meals) to study Judaism's classic texts in depth. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history Rabbinic literature, in its broadest sense can mean the entire spectrum of Rabbinic writings throughout Jewish history PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Yeshiva or yeshivah (jəʃi'və ( Hebrew: ישיבה "sitting (n A salary is a form of periodic payment from an Employer to an Employee, which may be specified in an Employment contract. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut

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Main article: Halukka
 Originally, the word was used to identify the support organizations of the Yishuv haYashan, which were scholars who went up to spend the rest of their life with devotion to G-d. The halukka (החלוקה was an organized distribution and collection of funds for the residents of the Yishuv haYashan in the Holy Land; which were organized into One of the first examples is Colel Chabad for the Russian Hasidim, Kolel Perushim for the non-Hasidic. Colel Chabad is the oldest continuously operating charity of its kind in Israel. The Perushim ( פרושים) were disciples of Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (known as the Vilna Gaon) who left Lithuania to settle Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim initially included all the Austrian Hungarian Kingdom, but as result of inner conflicts, the Hungarians separated into Kolel Shomrei HaChomos. Kolel Chibas Jerusalem (כולל חיבת ירושלים also known as the Charity of Rabbi Meir Ba'al Ha-Nes — named after the great 2nd century Jewish

The first "kollel" in diaspora was the Kovno Kollel, the modern sense of the term, the "Kollel Perushim" founded in Kovno in 1877. The term Diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά &ndash " a scattering or sowing of seeds " refers any population sharing common ethnic The Kovno Kollel also known as Kollel Perushim of Kovno or Kollel Knesses Beis Yitzchok, was a Kollel located in Kaunas, Lithuania It was founded by R. Yisrael Salanter, and directed by R. Rabbi Yisroel Lipkin, better known as " Rav Yisroel Salanter " (November 3 1810 Zhagory - February 2 1883 Konigsberg) was the father of the Isaac Blaser. The ten students were required to separate from their families, except for the Sabbath, and devote themselves to studying for the Rabbinate. There was a four year limit on one's membership in the kollel.

The advocate for the modern sense of the kollel was Rabbi Aharon Kotler, the founder of Beth Medrash Govoha, one of America's largest yeshivas located in Lakewood, NJ. Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Rabbi Aharon (or Ahroyn Aaron Aron Kotler (1891 - 1962 was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the Beth Medrash Govoha ( Hebrew: he בית מדרש גבוה is the largest Talmudical Academy in the United States and one of the largest in the world Lakewood Township is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The community kollel movement was fostered by Torah Umesorah (The National Society for Hebrew Day Schools) (guided by Rabbi Kotler until his death in 1963)

Currently, the term is applied in America to any stipend given for yeshiva study and is now a general term for the Yeshivah approach to life. Torah Umesorah - National Society for Hebrew Day Schools (or Torah Umesorah תורה ומסורה is an Orthodox Jewish organization that fosters and promotes Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Even those engaged in outreach work, teaching, or administration can be said to be in kollel as long as they are financially dependent on the Yeshivah. With the rise of kollel members spending increased time on adult education, the term is increasingly becoming a generic synonym, in popular usage, for Torah classes.

American Kollel

In the early 1970s kollelim were functioning in Los Angeles, California; Toronto, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan Other examples of successful community kollelim include kollelim in Dallas, Texas;St. Louis, Missouri; Atlanta, Georgia; Seattle, Washington; and Phoenix, Arizona. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Phoenix (ˈfiːˌnɪks O'odham Skikik, Yavapai Wasinka, Western Apache Fiinigis, Navajo Hoozdo,

In the past 30 years about 50 Haredi Judaism North American "community kollelim" have been opened by yeshiva-trained scholars as centers for adult education and outreach to the Jewish communities in which they located themselves. Haredi or Chareidi Judaism is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. The activities of these institutions have caused Jewish communal leaders to look seriously at the need for adult Jewish education and to address this need with more extensive programming, including sincere and successful efforts at reaching out to the unaffiliated Jewish community. Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency

A kollel is primarily an institute for advanced Talmudic and/or Halakhic study, often attached to an established advanced yeshiva in a large Orthodox community that is devoted purely to studies by advanced Talmudic scholars. Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law Yeshiva or yeshivah (jəʃi'və ( Hebrew: ישיבה "sitting (n The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history

In contrast, a "community kollel," connotes the inclusion of a community education outreach program. Orthodox Jewish outreach commonly referred to as Kiruv or Keruv (קירוב - close in Hebrew) is the collective work or movement of Orthodox Topics include everything from basic Hebrew to advanced Talmud. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history In addition to imparting Torah knowledge, such kollels function to impart technical skills required for self-study. term " Torah " ( Hebrew: תּוֹרָה "teaching" or "instruction" sometimes translated as "Law" most commonly refers to

Across the United States, community kollelim are a combination of classes in Talmud or Talmud study in havruta geared as outreach to the unaffiliated Jewish community.

A minute number of kollelim have been opened by those affiliated with Reform Judaism and Conservative Judaism. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently subjected to vandalism and the insertion of personal opinions Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out In the non-Orthodox Jewish community a kollel is an adult-ed program or center that has courses available on Talmud, Midrash, learning Hebrew, Jewish ethics and related topics; less emphasis is given to Talmud. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history Midrash ( Hebrew: מדרש plural midrashim, lit "to repeat" is a Hebrew term referring to the not exact but comparative ( homiletic Mussar movement refers to a Jewish ethical, educational and cultural movement (a "Jewish Moralist Movement" that developed in 19th century Orthodox

Most Kollels have a scholar as a Rosh Kollel who is the head of the Kollel. He decides on the subject matter studied by the Kollel. In many cases he spends a lot of time fund-raising to support the Kollel.

Many Orthodox Jewish yeshiva students study in kollel for a year or two after they get married, whether or not they will pursue a rabbinic career. Modest stipends or the salaries of their wives and the increased wealth of many families have made kollel study commonplace for yeshiva graduates. The largest U. S. kollel is at Rabbi Kotler's Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey, with over 1500 kollel scholars attached to the yeshiva which is 4700 strong in total, large kollels also exist in Ner Israel Rabbinical College numbering 180 scholars and in Yeshivas Chaim Berlin of over 100. Yeshivas Ner Yisroel ( Ner Israel Rabbinical College) (also known as NIRC) is a Yeshiva in Baltimore Maryland Chaim Berlin (1832 Volozhin &ndash 1912 Jerusalem) (חיים ברלין was an Orthodox Rabbi and Chief rabbi of Moscow In the Israeli Haredi Jewish community thousands of men study full-time for many years in hundreds of kollelim. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Haredi or Chareidi Judaism is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism.

Kollel has been known at times to cause a great deal of friction with the secular Israeli public at large, and garnering criticism from the Modern Orthodox, non-Orthodox and secular Jewish community. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Modern Orthodox Judaism (or Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize traditional observance The Haredi community defends this practice with the argument that Judaism must cultivate Torah scholarship in the same way that the secular academic world does, no matter how high the costs may be financially in the short run, in the long run the Jewish people will benefit from the large number of learned laymen, scholars, and rabbis.

Yeshiva students who learn in Kollel often go on to become rabbis, poskim ("decisors" of Jewish law), or teachers of Talmud and Judaism. Torah study is the study by Jewish people of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Responsa, Rabbinic literature and similar Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Posek ( Hebrew פוסק po·ˈseq pl Poskim, פוסקים is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law

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YIVO, ( Yiddish: yi ייִוואָ established in 1925 in Vilna Poland (now Vilnius Lithuania as the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut ( Yiddish
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