Approved Yeshivot
December, 2015
Semicha from yeshivot listed below is presently accepted in partial fulfillment of RCA admissions
requirements. Institutions below are under regular review, so the list changes periodically. We
encourage you to contact us to determine how best to proceed if your yeshiva (or private masmich)
is not listed, or if you are planning a course of study intended to fulfill RCA admissions
requirements.
Israel
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel
Ariel Institute, Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Kollel, Jerusalem
Beit Hamidrash le’Hora’ah “Torat Shlomo”, Jerusalem
Shehebar Sephardic Center, Jerusalem
The Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Rabbinical Seminary, Kollel Torat Yosef for Diaspora Rabbis, Efrat
Or Chadash (formerly Kollel Nechemas Yerushalayim), Telz-Stone
New York Metropolitan Area
Beis Medrash L’Talmud (Lander College for Men), Kew Gardens Hills, NY
Beth Medrash Emek Halacha Rabbinical College (Rabbi Tuvia Goldstein, zt”l), Brooklyn, NY
Beth Medrash Govoha, Lakewood, NJ
Bnai Torah, Far Rockaway, NY
Machon L’Torah U’l’hora’ah, Brooklyn, NY
Mesivta Tefereth Jerusalem of America, New York, NY
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Seminary, Brooklyn, NY
Mirrer Yeshiva, Brooklyn, NY
Ohr Somayach Tanenbaum Educational Center, Monsey, NY
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University, New York, NY
Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbinical College of America, Morristown, NJ
Rabbinical Seminary of America, Queens, NY
Sh’or Yoshuv Rabbinical College, Far Rockaway, NY
Tomchei Tmimim-Lubavitch, Brooklyn, NY
Yeshiva Ohr Hachaim, Queens, NY
United States of America (outside of New York metropolitan area)
Beth HaMedrash L’Torah (Hebrew Theological College of Skokie), Chicago, IL
Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Baltimore, MD
Rabbinical College of Telshe, Wickliffe, OH
Talmudic Academy of Florida (Rabbi Yochanan Zweig), Miami Beach, FL
Outside of United States of America or Israel
Ariel Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
Gateshead Talmudical College, Gateshead, England
Judith Lady Montefiore College, London, England
Rabbinerseminar zu Berlin (Germany)
Yeshiva Gedolah (Rabbi Azriel Goldfein), Johannesburg, South Africa
Yeshiva Gedolah Mercaz haTorah Tiferet Mordechai, Beit Hamidrash l'Hora'ah, Montreal, Canada