Pressburg Yeshiva (Jerusalem)

Coordinates: 31°47′28.79″N 35°11′40.66″E / 31.7913306°N 35.1946278°E

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Pressburg Yeshiva of Jerusalem Hebrew: ישיבת פרשבורג
The yeshiva exterior, in 2019
Location

Givat Shaul, Jerusalem Israel
Coordinates	31°47′28.79″N 35°11′40.66″E / 31.7913306°N 35.1946278°E / 31.7913306; 35.1946278
Information
Type	Yeshiva and synagogue
Religious affiliation(s)	Orthodox Judaism (Nusach Ashkenaz)
Established	1950
Founder	Rabbi Akiva Sofer
Rosh yeshiva	Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer-Schreiber
Gender	Males
Language	Hebrew

The Pressburg Yeshiva of Jerusalem (Hebrew: ישיבת פרשבורג) is an Orthodox yeshiva, with synagogue, located in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem, in Israel.^[1]

Overview

The yeshiva was founded in 1950 by Rabbi Akiva Sofer (known as the Daas Sofer), a great-grandson of Rabbi Moses Sofer (the Chasam Sofer), who established the original Pressburg Yeshiva in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1807. Rabbi Simcha Bunim Sofer served as Rosh yeshiva until his death in 2017, and was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer-Schreiber, who also serves as Rosh kollel.^[2]

The yeshiva building includes a yeshiva ketana, yeshiva gedola, and kollel.

The main beis medrash doubles as a synagogue where some neighborhood residents also pray on Shabbat. The complex also includes a general neighborhood synagogue which functions as Givat Shaul's main Ashkenazi synagogue.

References

^ Bloomberg, Jon (August 16, 2004). The Jewish World In The Modern Age. Ktav Pub Inc. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-88125-844-8. Pressburg Yeshiva Jerusalem.
^ "דור שישי ל'חתם סופר': גאב"ד פרשבורג זצ"ל".

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Orthodox Yeshivas in Israel and the West Bank

Yeshivot

Midrashot

Synagogues in The State of Israel

Active

Central	Yeshurun Central (Gedera) Great (Petah Tikva) Mausoleum of Abu Hurayra (Yavne)
Haifa	Emet veShalom (Nahariya) Ohel Ya'akov (Zikhron Ya'akov)
Jerusalem	Ades Ari Belz Great Four Sephardic Great Hecht Heichal Shlomo Hurva Ohel Yitzchak Ohr ha-Chaim Old Motza Old Yemenite Or Zaruaa Pressburg Rabbi Goldstein Ramban Shemesh Sedaqah Shira Hadasha Tzuf Dvash Warren's Gate Western Wall Wilson's Arch Zoharei Chama
Northern	Or Torah (Acre) Abuhav (Safed) Ari Ashkenazi (Safed)
Tel Aviv	Beit Daniel Cymbalista Great Hechal Yehuda Itzkovitch Kiryat Ono^{[clarification needed]}

Former

Inactive (still standing)	Peki'in Ramchal (Acre) (now a mosque) Shfaram Ancient Old synagogues of Tiberias
Destroyed or in ruins (no longer standing)	Anim Arbel Beth Alpha Capernaum Chorazin Hammat Tiberias Hurvat Amudim Kfar Bar'am Kfar Hananiah Khirbet Shema Maon Maoz Haim Migdal Nabratein Shem and Eber Cave Susya Tzippori Under restoration Tiferet Yisrael Umm el-Qanatir

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