Diaspora Yeshiva Toras Yisrael | Mount Zion, Jerusalem
Future Talmidei Chachamim
Becoming Future Torah Scholars and Leaders
For Those Aspiring to Greatness in Torah
Diaspora Yeshiva was founded with the belief that baalei teshuva have the capacity not only to return to HaShem and His Torah but even to become Torah scholars and community leaders. This conviction is at the heart of the Future Talmidei Chachamim Program, serving as the continuation of the Growing Deeper Program, challenging students to delve ever deeper into the Torah and to develop the middos necessary for success, with help from Above. Jewish men who enroll in this program will start with the Growing Deeper Program, where they will first learn how to learn Talmud through Ramchal’s Derech HaKodesh, among other subjects, a skill which they will refine during the Future Talmidei Chachamim Program.
Future Talmidei Chachamim Program Overview
Talmud B'Iyun
Develop the mind and thinking of a Torah scholar, able not only to understand Talmudic reasoning but to transmit the details to groups and individuals at various levels.
Halachah
Become an expert in what it means to live a Jewish life according to halachah, ready to teach others in a way they can understand, each at their own level.
Mussar
Attain to maturity in your understanding of what it means to have godly character through years of study, discussion, and contemplation with Rabbis and fellow-students.
Jewish Prayer
Become prepared and comfortable to not only participate in but also to lead and and teach others to participate in Jewish Prayer services at every level.
Teaching
Develop your confidence in giving over words of Torah, classes, and guidance on a wide range of Torah subjects under the supervision of experienced Rabbis.
Hebrew
Attain to an advanced level of proficiency in Hebrew and Aramaic, so that you will be able to read and learn from original texts, and to teach in Holy Language.
Who the Program is For
The Future Talmidei Chachamim program is for Jewish men who meet the following criteria:
- Aspiring Torah scholars and community leaders.
- Ready to wholeheartedly give their lives to HaShem.
- Aspiring Torah scholars and community leaders.
- Prepared to commit to six years of dedicated Torah study.
- Prepared to commit to six years of dedicated Torah study.
- Able to sit and learn for three full seders a day.
– Binyamin
“…they will be able to be an example — a moral example — for the whole world, to keep morality, justice, love, care, that the world is looking for, that the world is searching for the Jewish nation, for the Jewish state, to show them in the world.”
The Rebbe, Rabbi Mordechai Goldstein zt”l
Founder of the Diaspora Yeshiva
Father of the Ba’al Teshuvah Movement
Features of Yeshiva Life on Mount Zion
At the center of the Yeshiva campus, where we have weekly shiurim, and Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur services.
Minutes to the Kosel
Right outside the Old City’s Zion Gate and just minutes to the Jewish Quarter and to the Kotel (Western Wall).
Close to the Center
Located right outside Zion Gate, a short walk or bus to the city, plenty of amenities, and to public transit across Israel.
Sports Pavilion
Overlooking the Temple Mount, the Yeshiva’s new Sports Pavilion provides a perspective to fitness like no other.
Regular Special Events
With regular Oneg Shabboses, Shabbos meals, Festival events, and simchas in general, a life of Torah is full of simchah.
Trips Across Israel
Quarterly trips, from Tzfas in the North to Eilat in the South, learning about the Holy Land in relation to the Torah.
Regular Shabbos Dinners at the Yeshiva
Diaspora Yeshiva provides three full Shabbos meals for the students at the Yeshiva during regular learning (excepting bein hazmanim). As often as you prefer to stay put and rest on Shabbos with the Yeshiva, you are always welcome. You are also free to go out for Shabbos meals as often as you like.
Program Schedule
07:30 – 08:45
Shacharis
08:45 – 09:00
Daily Inspiration from the Life of David HaMelech
09:00 – 09:30
Breakfast
09:30 – 11:15
Talmud B’Iyun with Chavrusa
11:15 – 12:30
Talmud B’Iyun with Rabbi
12:30 – 13:30
Mussar
14:15 – 15:00
Minchah
14:15 – 14:45
Lunch
14:45 – 15:00
Rest / Free Time
15:00 – 16:00
Daf Yomi
16:00 – 18:00
Halacha B’Iyun
18:00 – 19:00
Midrash
17:00 – 17:15
Maariv
17:15 – 17:45
Dinner
17:45 – 21:00
Rest / Free Time
21:00 – 22:00
Talmud B’Iyun with the Rosh Yeshiva
The above schedule represents the second half of the program, Yom Rishon (Sunday) to Yom Revi’i (Wednesday). The first half of the program is the Growing Deeper Program, during which the student learns how to learn consciously (Ramchal’s Way of Reason and Way of Logic, etc.).
Yom Chamishi (Thursday) is a little different with the Rosh Yeshiva’s Talmud B’Iyun Shiur before Minchah, and Yom Shishi (Friday) also includes shiurim with the Rosh Yeshiva before Minchah on the weekly parashah and about King David at Kever David HaMelech. Otherwise students are free to prepare for Shabbos in general, review their learning, delve into other subjects that interest them, and prepare to give over Divrei Torah and/or Shiurim on Shabbos.
Duration
This is a six year program for those who are committed to becoming Torah scholars, ready to do the work, persisting through the challenges. Program starts the 1st of Elul, 5787 (Sept. 4th, 2024).
Cost
Tuition is 4,000 NIS per month,* and includes three seders of learning per day, a shared room on Mount Zion, and three meals per day, including Shabbos.
*Ask us about subsidies if necessary.
Apply Today
Once your application has been submitted, it will be reviewed to ensure its completeness and your fitness for the program. An initial meeting between you and the Mashgiach will then be scheduled.