Erev Shavuos 5784Lecture by the Rosh Hayeshiva
Bnei Brak · Eretz Yisroel
ישיבת בית הלל
Yeshivas Bais Hillel
Torah fortress in Eretz Yisroel
תשפ״ו·5786
גלילה
By the numbers
היכל הישיבה במספרים
Avreichim
אברכים
Learning groups
קבוצות לימוד
Books written by the avreichim
ספרים שנכתבו
Hours of learning every day
שעות לימוד ביום
בית המדרש
The heart of the Yeshiva — the beis medrash
Major milestones
תולדות הישיבה — אבני דרך
From its founding to the present day
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- תרפ״ח \ 1928
Hagaon Hatzaddik Rav Hillel Vitkind zt”l, one of the foremost disciples of the Alter of Novardok zy”a, comes on his own to Eretz Hakodesh from Europe on a holy mission, with great mesirus nefesh. Before the flourishing of the Olam HaTorah and the yeshivos in Eretz Yisrael, he sets down the cornerstone for a makom Torah — founding “Yeshivas Beis Yosef” in Tel Aviv, in the spirit of the European Novardoker yeshivas.
- תשכ״ג \ 1963
After the Yeshiva flourishes in Tel Aviv and expands to receive many talmidim, Rav Hillel zt”l moves to Bnei Brak for its further development. Together with his great son-in-law, Hagaon Ha’adir Rav Mordechai Man zt”l, he begins a rare and marvelous period of harbatzas Torah. The groundbreaking in Bnei Brak takes place in the presence of the gedolei ume’orei hador zy”a.
- תשל״ד \ 1974
On י״ט אלול תשל״ד, the petirah of the founder and Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon Hatzaddik Rav Hillel Vitkind zt”l. His son-in-law, Rav Mordechai Man zt”l, becomes the sole Rosh Yeshiva. He delivers shiurim regularly and writes up his crystal-clear shiurim as sefer Divrei Mordechai on Shas — a basic text for the bnei aliyah of the generation.
- תשנ״ז \ 1997
On ד׳ אדר תשנ״ז, the petirah of the Rosh Hayeshiva, Hagaon Hagadol Rav Mordechai Man zt”l. His two sons are appointed to serve as Roshei Hakollel — Hageonim Hagedolim Rav Eliyahu Man shlita and Rav Yaakov Yosef Man shlita. At that time, the Kollel numbers 140 avreichim, all exceptional talmidei chachamim.
- תשס״ח \ 2008
The number of avreichim increases and demand grows. When the Beis Medrash is no longer large enough, it is expanded to about 550 seats for the hundreds of avreichim immersed in learning. These too fill up at an accelerated rate, until many requesting to join the “King’s Legion” have to be turned away.
- תש״פ \ 2020
The year of Corona, when the world order turns upside down. To keep the sedarim going while adhering to health directives — “V’nishmartem me’od l’nafshoseichem” — it is decided to vacate the Ezras Nashim balcony and connect it to the Beis Medrash. For a month they work day and night to prepare the place with the necessary space between the lomdim.
- תשפ״א \ 2021
The Corona departs, but the Beis Medrash remains. Demand keeps growing until two batei medrash are set up: the lower floor holds 500 seats, while the upper floor holds about 320 additional seats.
- תשפ״ו \ 2026
Legions of talmidei chachamim devote themselves tirelessly to limud haTorah, day and night. Over 850 outstanding scholars — young alongside older avreichim, the cream of the Olam Hayeshivos — occupy the Beis Medrash from morning to night. Many alumni today serve as Roshei Yeshiva, maggidei shiurim, rabbanim and dayanim. As Maran Sar HaTorah zy”a attested in his own handwriting: “From there, Torah radiates to all of Yisrael.”
What sets it apart
מעלותיו המיוחדות של כולל בית הלל
The Special Virtues of Kollel Beis Hillel
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Kollel format
The Kollel is set up in Yeshiva format, with everyone learning the same topic with ris’cha d’Oraysa and great dibbuk chaveirim. First seder — 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Minchah and a rest. Second seder — 4:00 p.m. to 7:10 p.m.; mussar seder at 7:10, Maariv at 7:30.
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Kedushah of learning times
Understanding that continuity in learning is a major factor in aliyah baTorah, the Kollel has a kabbalah not to bring cell phones into the Beis Medrash during learning hours. A person in the office can be phoned in urgent situations and will call the avreich.
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Keeping the sidrei haKollel
The Kollel places great emphasis on punctuality, a major prerequisite for a ben aliyah. The sidrei haKollel are respectfully enforced in an incomparably special way.
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Form and order of the limud
The Kollel learns one maseches commonly learned in the yeshivos and one that isn’t, alternating over a 20-year cycle, until in time all the avreichim know the entire Shas b’iyun, with profound understanding.
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Kovtzei Mefarshim and Marei Mekomos
At the start of every zeman, the Kollel puts out an orderly collection of Mefarshim on all the sugyos to be learned, so the avreichim needn’t hunt for sefarim. Exceptional talmidei chachamim also prepare lists of sources for deeper exploration.
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Writing chiddushei Torah
Each month every avreich writes the chiddushei Torah he thought of in first seder. Typists are provided for those who write by hand. Each gives the Rosh Kollel a typed chaburah; a staff of talmidei chachamim reviews them — adding, commenting and clarifying, k’darkah shel Torah — and returns them with illuminating comments.
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Tests
Second seder emphasizes covering ground. Every two weeks there is a written exam on the material learned in second seder — about 7 dapim every two weeks.
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Chaburos
The Kollel is divided into 125 groups of 6–7 avreichim. Each week one delivers a chaburah on first-seder topics. Every group is half younger and half older avreichim. Chaburos are given outside the regular sedarim so learning isn’t interrupted.
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Publishing sefarim and kuntressim
Thanks to the great encouragement to write chiddushei Torah, at every siyum maseches about 100 avreichim put out a sefer or kuntress including all the sugyos and comments developed while learning.
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Chavuras Hakotzrim
“One who learns and does not review is like one who sows and does not reap.” The Chavuras Hakotzrim encourages avreichim to review past masechtos on an orderly calendar; each month hundreds are tested on the previous maseches at a set pace.
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Mussar seder
Everyone is aware of the great value of learning mussar. The Kollel has a special mussar seder for learning all the basic mussar sefarim.
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Halachah chavurah
Every afternoon break, dozens of avreichim remain to learn Tur–Bais Yosef and Shulchan Aruch on the sugyos learned in the Kollel, to reach the heart of the halachah.
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Hot lunch
Since hundreds remain during the lunch break so as not to break the continuity of learning, the Kollel arranges a meal for them, as well as rooms with beds to rest and gather strength for the rest of the day.
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Transportation
To help avreichim arrive on time, the Kollel runs a large transport system from all parts of the city and beyond — daily buses from Petach Tikvah, Elad, Achisamach and every corner of Bnei Brak.
Inside the Beis Medrash
מבט מבית המדרש
A glimpse into the heichal of Torah
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Words of Gedolei Yisrael
דברי גדולי ישראל
on the unique excellence of Kollel Beis Hillel
Regarding Kollel Beis Hillel, which is very dear to my heart, where more than five hundred outstanding talmidei chachamim learn — and from which Torah radiates to the entire area.
“…From there, Torah radiates to all of Yisrael.”
Maran Sar HaTorah Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l
מרן שר התורה רבי חיים קנייבסקי זצ״ל
Beis Hillel is a very prominent Kollel Avreichim. There are about 800 avreichim, all outstanding in their learning and yerei Hashem. This Kollel serves as a model for other kollelim — for fame, for glory, and for praise.
Maran Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Dov Lando shlita
מרן ראש הישיבה רבי דב לנדו שליט״א
It’s a very unique and special Kollel — 700–800 avreichim. A tremendous hasmadah, a tremendous ru’ach — not only of hasmadah, but of middos tovos and yiras Shamayim. It is an example of how a kollel should be.
Maran Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita
מרן ראש הישיבה רבי משה הלל הירש שליט״א
Yeshivas Beis Hillel in Bnei Brak is unique in that it grows gedolei Torah.
Maran Hagaon Hagadol Rav Aviezer Piltz shlita
מרן הגאון הגדול רבי אביעזר פילץ שליט״א
You should know that this chashuva Kollel — it’s not simple. We see that, baruch Hashem, the Kollel is so successful; it is truly because of its heilige beginnings.
Maran Hamashgiach Rav Don Segal shlita
מרן המשגיח הגאון הצדיק רבי דן סגל שליט״א
The ikar makom of gadlus b’Torah today is the Kollel. Beis Hillel is among the places that is megadel b’Torah — a makom meyuchad b’yoser, an exceptional place. There is almost no other kollel in the world with that level.
Maran Hagaon Hagadol Rav Yehoshua Eichenstein shlita
מרן הגאון הגדול רבי יהושע אייכענשטיין שליט״א
It is almost impossible to describe the importance of this place, where the most esteemed avreichim in Eretz Yisrael learn. This is a place that grows gedolei Torah — founded on mussar and yiras Shamayim. There is hardly anything like it.
Maran Hagaon Hagadol Rav Dovid Cohen shlita
מרן הגאון הגדול רבי דוד כהן שליט״א
Sights from the Kollel · 2024–2025
מראות מבית המדרש
When the Gedolei Hador come to the Kollel
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Erev Shavuos 5784
Elul 5784Lecture by
Maran Rav Dovid Cohen shlita · Rosh Yeshivas Chevron
Teves 5785Chizuk talk of the Mashgiach
Maran Rav Don Segal shlita
Motzaei Shabbos Vayigash 5785Siyum Maseches Shabbos · Chaburas Hakotzrim
with Maran Rav Dov Lando shlita
Budget & Support
תקציב ותמיכה
Partnering in the upkeep of the Kollel
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856
Avreichim
אברכים
3,353
Children supported
ילדים
$9,767,747
Annual budget
תקציב שנתי
$5,463,546
Annual deficit
גרעון שנתי
לאן הולך התקציב · Where the budget goes
- Avreichim stipends$3,937,596מלגות אברכים
- Tests, chiddushei Torah & chaburos$2,897,832מבחנים, חידושי תורה וחבורות
- Children supplement$1,327,788תוספת ילדים
- Salaries$775,652משכורות
- Transportation$454,233הסעות
- Operations & maintenance$374,646אחזקה, חשמל ושונות
What a great zechus is yours — to fund a month’s support of the children in the Kollel that is so dear to my heart, Beis Hillel. Surely, in this zechus, you and your family should merit much Yiddishe nachas from all of your offspring, that they should be yerei Shamayim, talmidei chachamim, and you should gain a hundred times more than what you gave.
Maran Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l
11 Tamuz 5779
החזקת אברך
Sponsor an Avreich
$374
$4,491 / year
Sustain one scholar in full-time Torah learning.
החזקת חבורה
Sponsor a Chaburah
$3,743
$44,918 / year
A full learning group of 6–7 avreichim.
נציב יום לימוד
Patron of a Day of Learning
$12,000
one day
6,608 hours · 79,296,000 words of Torah, in your merit.
קמחא דפסחא
Helping avreichim families with Pesach needs
$875,299
total Pesach campaign
Pesach support for the avreichim (856)$202,016
Per-child Pesach aid (3,353 children)$402,360
Food: matzos, meat, chicken, grape juice & vouchers$296,003
להיות שותף בהחזקת התורה של בית הלל
מבט אל ההיכל
Legions of talmidei chachamim, morning to night
Ways to give
דרכים לתרום
Become a partner in the Torah of Beis Hillel
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Israel · ישראל
Yeshivat Beit HillelBankFirst International Bank of Israel Ltd. (Bank Poaley Agudat Israel)
BranchPagi Bnei Brak (188) · 4 Landau St., Bnei Brak 51510
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United States
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WireChase Manhattan Bank · 419662033
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Checksc/o Stefansky, 2166 81st Street, Brooklyn NY 11214
Phone / WhatsApp917-407-8990 · +972-50-6764104
United Kingdom
Charity 1123159Beis Hillel Trust
BankBarclays Bank plc
Sort code20 29 77
Account03605558
IBANGB06 BARC 2029 7703 6055 58
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ChecksMr. Mendel Itzinger, 29 Woodstock Ave., London NW11 9RG
Representatives around the world
Canada
Canadian Friends of Yeshiva "Beth Hilel"
Rav Hershel Magid shlita
416-271-3862
magid.ih@gmail.com