Machon Yaakov
Machon Yaakov is a baal teshuva yeshiva for men located in Har Nof, Jerusalem, Israel. Its faculty and student body are all English speaking.
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| Founder(s) | Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Jacobs |
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| Established | 2005 |
| Director | Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Jacobs |
| Faculty | Rabbi Yosef Lynn, Rabbi Jonathan Taub, Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein |
| Location | Har Nof, Jerusalem , Israel |
| Coordinates | 31.782152°N 35.171696°E |
| Address | 10 Ibn Denan |
| Website | www |
The program, which is designed for students with little or no formal Jewish education, has a one-year minimum and a two-year maximum. Enrollment is limited to about 35 students, generally weighted about 2/3-1/3 between the first- and second- year programs.
Machon Yaakov's 2018-2019 year started August 21, 2018, and finishes after Shavuot, on June 10, 2019. Machon Yaakov is affiliated with various summer programs for those students interested in continuing studies in Jerusalem during the 10-week summer period between 1st and 2nd years.
Financial aid is available to students on need-based merit. Students receiving tuition assistance—which is generally provided by philanthropists, many of whom are yeshiva graduates—are expected to make a moral commitment to repaying the funds when they begin or re-join their careers in order to make such opportunities available to future students.
Machon Yaakov is named for Rabbi Yaakov Rosenberg, founder of Machon Shlomo, a similar baal teshuva yeshiva.