Machon Yaakov is a baal teshuva yeshiva for men located in Har Nof, Jerusalem. Its faculty and student body are all English speaking. It is named for Yaakov Rosenberg, founder of Machon Shlomo, a similar baal teshuva yeshiva.[1] Beryl Gershenfeld is the rosh yeshiva (dean) of both yeshivas[2][3][4]
Machon Yaakov, was founded in 2005 to expand the work of Machon Shlomo[5][6] The program, which is designed for students with little or no formal Jewish education,[7] has a one-year minimum and a two-year maximum. Enrollment is limited to about 35 students, generally weighted about 2/3-1/3 between the first- and second- year programs.
alumni of Machon Shlomo and Machon Yaakov, two yeshivos for ba'alei teshuva in Har Nof.
Take the words of Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld, Founder of Meor, Dean of Machon Sholomo and Machon Yaakov in Jerusalem: "I know ...
there are those that go to Machon Yaakov/Shlomo
