Gateshead Kolel

The Gateshead Kolel is a prominent institution of Jewish higher learning located in Gateshead, UK.^[1] Established in 1941 by Rabbi Eliyohu Eliezer Dessler, the Kolel provides advanced Torah study programs for Jewish scholars and students, focusing on traditional Jewish texts and teachings. The Kolel offers a curriculum in Talmud, Jewish law, and other Jewish studies.

History

The Gateshead Kolel was founded in the midst of World War II. Rabbi Dovid Dryan, a dedicated Torah scholar, spearheaded the initiative.

Notable alumni

Chanoch Ehrentreu, Rosh European Beis Din, Former Rosh Manchester and London Beis Din and Rosh Sunderland Kolel
Eliyohu Falk, Posek, Maggid Shiur, Gateshead Yeshiva and Jewish Teachers' Training College, Gateshead
Avrohom Gurwicz, Rosh Yeshiva, Gateshead Yeshiva
Louis Jacobs, rabbi, writer and theologian
Casriel Dovid Kaplin, dayan, London Beth Din
Tuvia Weiss, Chief Rabbi Eidah HaChareidis, Jerusalem
Bezalel Rakow, Rav of Gateshead
Shammai Zahn, rosh yeshiva of Sunderland Yeshiva

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References

^ "Gateshead Kolel Synagogue, Gatehead, Tyne & Wear, England". JCR-UK. JewishGen. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
^ "The GATESHEAD KOLEL". The GATESHEAD KOLEL. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
^ "Sponsor - Gateshead Kolel". gatesheadkolel.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
^ "Gateshead Kolel". Sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. 26 May 2021.

[1] "Gateshead Kolel Synagogue, Gatehead, Tyne & Wear, England". JCR-UK. JewishGen. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

[2] "The GATESHEAD KOLEL". The GATESHEAD KOLEL. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

[3] "Sponsor - Gateshead Kolel". gatesheadkolel.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

[4] "Gateshead Kolel". Sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. 26 May 2021.

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