Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary
School in Los Angeles, California
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Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary (YOEC) is a yeshiva college in Los Angeles, California. It is the largest yeshiva college on the West Coast of the United States.[1]
| Type | Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic yeshiva |
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| Established | 1977 |
| Affiliations | Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, Tomchei Temimim |
Religious affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Faculty | Rabbi Ezra Schochet, Dean |
| Location | , , United States |
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| Website | www |
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The yeshiva also houses a private boys high school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, called Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad High School.[2]
The seminary is affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.[3] The seminary's four-year Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Rabbinical Studies is accredited by the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation[4] The degree has a strong emphasis of Philosophy, Jewish Law, Talmudic analytics, Ethics, and Rabbinic literature.
Rabbi Ezra Schochet, scholar and Talmudist, has held the position of dean since the yeshiva's founding in 1977.[3]
In 2003 the yeshiva underwent a $5 million renovation, adding 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of space for dormitories, study rooms, and study hall.[3]
The Yeshiva also prints periodically a Sefer pilpulim, a collection of the students original Torah thoughts and novellae, called kovetz Migdal Ohr.