Torah ShelaimaCongregation Torah Shelaima
A full beis medrash of Torah Shelaima avreichim learning in Monsey

A living movement of Torah

Where learning
becomes life.

Torah Shelaima builds serious Torah learning into the heart of communities, shaping lives and the next generation.

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Est. in MonseyOne beis medrash.
A widening circle.
A large Torah Shelaima gathering filled with learning and connection

What has been built

A beis medrash.
Multiplied.

100+Torah scholar yungeleit
12Kollelim across the network
200+Young participants
8Communities served
7Nightly community classes
10+Years igniting souls
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The idea

Torah does not simply fill a room.
It changes the life around it.

Torah Shelaima places vibrant, rigorous learning at the heart of communities, then lets its warmth travel outward: from scholar to student, father to son, friend to friend.

Avreichim learning together in the Monsey kollel
One-to-one Torah learning in Paramus

Depth
with warmth.
Scholarship with reach.

Our story

One kollel.
A community.
A movement.

Rabbi Michoel Ghermezian began with accomplished talmidei chachamim and a vision of Torah scholarship that would strengthen the life around it.

012015

One beis medrash in Monsey.

Rabbi Michoel Ghermezian founded an elite kollel by inviting accomplished talmidei chachamim from renowned yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel.

02The widening circle

Learning moved closer to people.

Kollelim, nightly shiurim, mentorship, and outreach took root in Roslyn, Paramus, New City, Haverstraw, and communities across the region.

03Today

The beis medrash became a network.

Twelve kollelim now anchor a wider world of community learning, mentorship, youth programs, outreach, and safrus.

Torah Shelaima leadership sharing the vision at a community event
Torah Shelaima · A vision shared

Leadership & vision

Build the scholar.
Strengthen the community.

Rabbi Michoel Ghermezian founded Torah Shelaima around a simple, demanding idea: place accomplished talmidei chachamim at the center, support learning of the highest caliber, and let that Torah illuminate everything around it.

Rabbi Michoel GhermezianFounder, Torah Shelaima

The Torah Shelaima network

Twelve kollelim.
One widening circle.

Eight regional kollelim and four Safri Davkani branches carry serious Torah learning into distinct communities.

United States · Regional network

8
MonseyRoslynParamusNew CityHaverstraw3 additional
regional branches
Together12kollelim

Eretz Yisroel · Safri Davkani

4
YerushalayimBnei BrakBeit ShemeshFour branches
across three cities

Great Neck is also served through Torah Shelaima community outreach.

20224kollelim50scholars150+young learners
Today12kollelim100+yungeleit200+young learners

The people

Torah,
in motion.

Monsey
Monsey
J Lounge
J Lounge
Bonim U’Bonim
Bonim U’Bonim
Community
Community
Haverstraw
Haverstraw
Safri Davkani
Safri Davkani
Monsey
J Lounge
Bonim U’Bonim
Community
Haverstraw
Safri Davkani
A close chavrusa conversation at Torah Shelaima

The Torah Shelaima ecosystem

One center.
Every circle strengthened.

The beis medrash is not one program among many. It is the source from which scholars, teachers, families, communities, and the next generation grow.

At the heartTorah
ShelaimaLiving Torah
01

Kollelim

Serious, sustained Torah learning forms the center.

02

Yungeleit

Scholars grow into teachers, mentors, and future rabbanim.

03

Community learning

Shiurim and chavrusas carry learning into daily life.

04

Families

Torah becomes part of the rhythm and language of the home.

05

Youth programs

Children and teens discover belonging, pride, and purpose.

06

Kiruv

Warm relationships open a lasting path back to Torah.

Learn deeply→Teach generously→Build community→Raise the future

In their words

The feeling
inside the room.

Real voices preserved in Torah Shelaima’s brochures and program films.

A close chavrusa conversation in Monsey
“When you walk into the Kollel, everything that’s outside stops. And it’s just you, the Avreichim and the Gemara.”
R’ Yitzchok B. · Kollel member
Community members sharing conversation at a Torah Shelaima evening
“The Kollel coming to town was the best gift I ever got in my life.”
Mr. David N. · Roslyn community member
Students sharing a meal at J Lounge
“I could always count on coming here.”
J Lounge student · Archival testimonial

The work

Many expressions.
One living Torah.

The heart of Torah Shelaima

The beis medrash
comes first.

Accomplished yungeleit learn with depth and constancy, then carry that Torah into the communities around them.

  • Daily iyun and mussar
  • Semicha, examinations, and mentorship
  • Chavrusas and community learning
An active morning seder in the Monsey kollel
Monsey · Morning seder
Two members absorbed in a close chavrusa discussion
Learning in conversation
A full evening of learning in Haverstraw
Haverstraw · The circle widens
Monsey · Roslyn · Paramus · New City · Haverstraw · Regional network

Outreach with a heartbeat

A place to arrive.
A reason to return.

Across from the public school in Roslyn, teens and young professionals find Torah through friendship, food, basketball, Shabbatonim, and people who truly know them.

Young people sharing food and friendship at J Lounge in Roslyn
Bonim U'Bonim
Bonim U'Bonim participants dancing together at a large gathering

The next generation

Belonging begins
around a sefer.

Twelve regional groups give more than 200 children focused learning, friendship, trips, pride, and the joy of real accomplishment.

Seven nights a week,
the beis medrash travels home.

Community Torah

Nightly shiurim, chavrusas, and practical learning bring constancy and closeness into local neighborhoods.

Safri Davkani

Safrus · Eretz Yisroel

Every letter.
Every halacha.
Every Jew.

For one year, sofrim from Litvish, Sefardic, and Chasidish kehillos master the halachos of kosher and mehudar Sta”m, protecting the integrity of Sifrei Torah, Tefillin, and Mezuzos.

Safri Davkani learning in Yerushalayim
Yerushalayim
Safri Davkani learning in Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak
Safri Davkani learning in Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh
4 branches1 year of mastery3 traditions, one standard

A living Torah library

Five minutes
for the week ahead.

A growing archive of audio and written Torah from Rabbi Michoel Ghermezian, created to carry learning beyond the walls of the beis medrash.

Enter the library →
01
Matos–Masei 5786

The True Leader

Read the essay ↗
02
Pinchas 5786

The Mitzvos That Bear Fruit

Read the essay ↗
03
Chukat–Balak 5786

The Power of a Single Word

Read the essay ↗

A movement in moments

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Your partnership

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purpose.

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02

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03

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04

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