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Telshe Yeshiva

Type	Private,Jewish
Location	Chicago , Illinois , United States

Telshe Yeshiva (Chicago) (orTelshe Chicago orTelz Chicago) is aYeshiva (JewishTalmudical andRabbinical School) inChicago, Illinois. In 1960 (65 years ago) (1960), RabbiChaim Mordechai Katz,Rosh Yeshiva of theTelshe Yeshiva inCleveland,Ohio, established Telshe Chicago as a branch of theTelshe Yeshiva (named after the Lithuanian town ofTelšiai).

At the request of members of the Chicago Jewish Community who wanted a Lithuanian-style Yeshiva in their midst, RabbiChaim Mordechai Katz selected a group of exemplary students, led by RabbisAvrohom Chaim Levin andChaim Schmelczer, to open the Chicago branch. RabbiChaim Dov Keller joined them a year later.

TheMechina ("preparatory school") offers a four-year course for students of high school age inTalmud,Hebrew Bible,Prophets andJewish law leading to acceptance in the yeshiva division. TheMechina incorporates the Telshe High School, which offers a full four-year senior high school general studies program accredited by theIllinois State Board of Education.

Theyeshiva (undergraduate division) offers a five-year intensive course of study inTalmud,Bible,Jewish law, andethics leading to a "First Talmudic Degree", equivalent to a B.A.

Thekollel graduate school offers a six-year program to students who have completed the Yeshiva course to research specific areas of Talmudic law and ethics, culminating in a "Second Talmudic Degree", equivalent to a master's degree.

Telshe Chicago offers two two-year programs for students who have completed their undergraduate studies.

• The "First Rabbinic Degree" -yoreh yorehsemicha ("ordination") encompasses the laws ofkashrut ("dietary laws") andshechita ("ritual slaughter").
• The "Second Rabbinic Degree" -yadin yadin semicha is offered to students who have completed their "First Rabbinic Degree" and encompasses the study of the laws of finance, damages, contracts, and other financial subjects as defined by theShulkhan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law) and inRabbinic literature.

The Community Institute of Telshe Chicago is an extension of Telshe Chicago, servicing the community with adult Jewish education. Courses offered includeTalmud,Mishna,Hebrew Bible, practical application of Jewish law,Jewish philosophy and selections from the works byMaimonides.

There are scheduled classes in the yeshiva, northern suburbs, and a Chavrusa Community Kollel Program at Congregation Agudath Israel/Warsaw Bikur Cholim in Peterson Park.

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