Beth Rivkah

Beth Rivkah
Location
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Brooklyn, New York

United States
Coordinates40°39′58″N 73°56′59″W / 40.666053°N 73.949845°W / 40.666053; -73.949845
Information
TypePrivate school
Established1941 (1941)
GradesK-12
Enrollment2,000[1][2]
Websitebethrivkah.edu
Beth Rivkah, Kfar Chabad
Beth Rivkah, Melbourne

Beth Rivkah (Hebrew: בית רבקה, Bais Rivkah, lit. "House of Rebecca"), formally known as Associated Beth Rivkah Schools, is a private girls' school system affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement.

It was established in 1941 by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, and developed by his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe. The flagship school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, includes an early childhood division, elementary school, high school, and a teacher training seminary. Other branches are located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Yerres, France; Melbourne, Australia; Casablanca, Morocco; and Kfar Chabad, Israel.

Many Lubavitcher girls attend the Beth Rivkah school system from first through twelfth grades. Students at the one- to two-year, post-high-school teacher training seminary have the option of earning a teaching certificate, which can be used in both Chabad and non-Chabad Jewish schools.[3][4]

This article also discusses other Lubavitch girls' schools, as well as the post secondary institutions available.

  1. ^ "About Us". Associated Beth Rivkah Schools. 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Bais Rivkah Joins the Race". COLLive. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  3. ^ Fishkoff 2009, p. 244.
  4. ^ Aiken 2009, p. 361.