| Beth Medrash Govoha בית מדרש גבוה | |
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| Other name | Lakewood Yeshiva (unofficial) |
| Type | Beis medrash and kollel |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Haredi |
| Established | 1943 |
| Dean | Rabbi Yerucham Olshin Rabbi Dovid Schustal Rabbi Malkiel Kotler Rabbi Yisrael Neuman |
Beth Medrash Govoha (Hebrew: בית מדרש גבוה, pronounced: Beis Medrash Gavo'ha. lit: "High House of Learning"; also known as Lakewood Yeshiva or BMG) is a Haredi Jewish Lithuanian yeshiva in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. It was founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotler in 1943 and is the second-largest yeshiva in the world, after Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.[1][2] As of 2019, it had 6,715 students, 2,748 regular and 3,967 in Kollel status.[3] The principal Rosh yeshiva since 1982 is Rabbi Malkiel Kotler. Talmud and halakha studies in the institution are carried in the form of over 200 small groups, Chaburos, which consist of several students mentored by a veteran, each pursuing its own specific curriculum with an emphasis on individual learning.[4]
- ^ Mark Di Ionno (7 May 2017). "How Lakewood became a worldwide destination for Orthodox Jews". New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
It's Friday in Lakewood. A few thousand young men in black suits and wide-brimmed black hats are rushing toward Beth Medrash Gohova (BMG), the world's largest yeshiva outside of Israel.
- ^ David Landes, How Lakewood, N.J., is Redefining What it Means to be Orthodox in America, Tablet Magazine, June 5, 2013.
- ^ Fiscal data state.nj.us
- ^ Besser, Yisroel. "Child of the Yeshiva". Mishpacha, November 14, 2012, p. 64.