Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne

Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Bayonne, New Jersey. Established in 1990,^[1] it includes high school, beis medrash, and kollel programs.^[2] The school caters to serious students, who dorm on-site. The languages of instruction are English and Yiddish.^[2]

Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne
Address
735 Avenue C Bayonne, New Jersey Bayonne , New Jersey 07002 USA
Information
Established	1990
Rosh Yeshiva	Rabbi Yakov Rokach
Affiliation	Orthodox
Bachurim	60

Faculty

• Rabbi Yakov Rokach, Rosh Yeshiva
• Rabbi Velvel Finkelstein, Nasi HaYeshiva
• Rabbi Mayer Birnbaum, Mashgiach
• Rabbi Yaakov Hamburger, tenth grade second seder Maggid Shiur. Author of several books & seforim, including Shaarei Rachamim, an anthology on the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
• Rabbi Chananya Hess, Administrator

In March 2013 Rabbi Dovid Magid announced his resignation as rosh yeshiva, effective in 2014, and was succeeded by Rabbi Yaakov Rokach of Toronto.^[3]

Rabbi Mayer Birnbaum is noted for his authorship of the Pathway to Prayer series published by Feldheim and ArtScroll.^[4]

Alumni

Several Talmudic scholars of note have emerged from the yeshiva. Among the most prominent is Yecheskel Sklar, author of Toras Haman Ha'agagi, a complex treatise regarding the acceptability of Amalekite conversion.^[5] Sklar is especially noted for breaking convention by engaging in pilpulic methodology, as opposed to the more common Brisker method.