Diaspora Yeshiva Toras Yisrael | Mount Zion, Jerusalem
A Tribute to the Rebbe, ztz"l
Rabbi Mordechai Goldstein
Founder of the Diaspora Yeshiva
"Father of the Baal Teshuva Movement"
A Tribute From His First Yartzeit
The story of the life and work of teshuvah revolution pioneer, the great Rabbi Mordechai Goldstein, ztz”l, founder of the Diaspora Yeshiva Toras Yisrael.
Produced by Yaakov Lipan
King David Studio
“If we can build Mount Zion, build our Jewish youth up again, and give that vitalization, the rejuvenation that they need, 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. What is the Jewish people? What is the secrets of the Jew? We will show them it’s the Bible, it’s the Oral Law. Here it is! Not only it exists in words, but it exists in practice. And we are the ombudsman for the whole world, and we can stand without blemish, with morality, and justice, and care, and be a nation that’s different, and the nation that we’re supposed to be—that we’re designated by G-d to bring forth into the world. And that is what is meant, ‘From Mount Zion will come forth the Torah.’ The Diaspora Yeshiva is the most serious institution that can be, and we want to play that role.”
The Rebbe, Rabbi Mordechai Goldstein, ztz”l
Founder of the Diaspora Yeshiva
Father of the Ba’al Teshuvah Movement
“And I’d just like to say for everybody or anybody who didn’t know him, you missed meeting a great man. And those who did know him knew they met a great man, and people who learned with him, and worked with him, and were raised by him, and taken care by him, that there was somebody in the world that cared about them, a human being of flesh and blood—that was Rabbi Mordechai Goldstein.”
– Rabbi Shalom Gold
In the Words of the Rebbe's Family & Talmidim
Recorded Shiurim
The Greatness of Real Torah Scholars
Serving HaShem With Happiness
The Torah is Your Armour
Love Your Neighbor
Lead by Example
What We Did That Was So Wrong
Imrei Mordechai Vol. 2
A Collection of Inspirational Insights from the "Mussar Shmoozes" of HaGaon Rabbi Mordechai Goldstein, ztzvk"l
“Moshe sent away his father-in-law, who returned to his land” (Shemos / Exodus 18:27). According to the Midrash, this was before Matan Torah [the giving of the Torah]. Why would Moshe [Moses] sent Yisro [Jethro] away at such a critical time?
When Yisrael preceded naaseh to nishma [“we will do” to “we will hear”], a heavenly voice emanated and said to them: Who revealed to My children this secret, which the malachei hashareis use? (Shabbos 88a)
It is said in the name of the Bircas Shmuel that two factors obligate man to act in accordance with them: the Torah and human intellect.
Thus said, as with any situation of dual influences, we must contemplate which is subservient to the other. Must the Torah align with human understanding, or must man force himself to accept the opinions and thought processes of the Torah?
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For over 50 years, Diaspora Yeshiva has been embracing baalei teshuva seeking to return to HaShem and His Torah in accordance with the teaching of the Sages of Israel.
If you are a baal teshuva whose heart is for HaShem, and are seeking to delve deeper into His Torah than ever before, and to unite with the Jewish people in embracing your G-d given calling as His Kingdom of Priests and Holy Nation, welcome home!
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