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Tomchei Tmimim (Hebrew: תומכי תמימים, "supporters of the complete-wholesome ones") is the central Yeshiva (Talmudical academy) of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Founded in 1897 in the town of Lubavitch by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, it is now an international network of institutions of advanced Torah study, the United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth.




History



As outlined, Tomechei Tmimim was founded in 1897 in Lubavitch, by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn for the study of Hasidic philosophy according to the Chabad tradition, in parallel with the traditional Yeshiva curriculum. Here, Rabbi Schneersohn authored Kuntres Eitz HaChayim, guidelines and standards for a student's learning goals and schedule, personal conduct, prayer, and appearance.
Correspondingly, he called the students of this yeshiva "tmimim" (sing. "tomim" תמים = pure, perfect).
When Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn left the Soviet Union in 1927, the yeshiva reestablished itself in Warsaw and later in Otwock, Poland. In the course of World War II, the yeshiva escaped to Shanghai, China, along with some other yeshivot like Mir.
Once the Rebbe was safely evacuated to New York, the Yeshiva was reestablished in New York City, where it remains to this day.
Within 24 hours the Rebbe had opened a yeshiva branch. Starting with 10 students, the Yeshiva quickly grew to the extent that it expanded to other nearby locations, giving rise to the group known as "United Lubavitcher Yeshivas". Rabbi Yisroel Yitzchok Piekarski was the Rosh Yeshiva for 42 years, from 1951 until 1993.




Today



The central Yeshiva is housed today at the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters, at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, NY, with approximately six hundred students. Similarly named yeshivas, many of which are independent, are to be found in major cities in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, South Africa, Australia, and the former Soviet Union, and Israel, although not all include "Tomchei Tmimim" in their names.
Many of the branches also perform the functions necessary to grant Semicha, rabbinical ordination, to their students;


true since the 1950s for the majority of students.
Some affiliated institutions (often essentially “post-graduate”) specifically focus on Rabbinical training, with the Semicha correspondingly requiring further depth and breadth.
Many graduates of Tomchei Tmimim continue working within Chabad as religious functionaries, whether as shluchim in Chabad Houses or as teachers in schools.
Graduates - usually of the latter institutions mentioned - also often work as "community Rabbis" more broadly.




Global locations






= In North America

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The Central Lubavitcher Yeshiva, or Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, 885 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth - Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah, Brooklyn, New York
Mesivta Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Queens Forest Hills, New York
Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Poconos Canadensis, PA
Yeshiva Kol Yaakov Yehuda Hadar Hatorah Rabbinical Seminary, Brooklyn, New York
Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Yeshivas Lubavitch Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yeshiva Or Menachem, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Rabbinical College of America, Morristown, New Jersey
Lubavitch Educational Center – Klurman Mesivta, Miami Beach, Florida
Yeshivas Lubavitch of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary, Los Angeles, California
Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch-Mesivta, Oak Park, Michigan
Yeshivas Menachem Mendel Lubavitch of Monsey, NY
Yeshivas Beis Dovid Shlomo, New Haven, CT
Yeshivath Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh (Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh), Pittsburgh, PA
Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Central Lubavitch Yeshiva, Chovevei Torah, Brooklyn, New York
Lubavitch Rabbinical College of Minnesota, S. Paul, MN
Mesivta of Postville, Postville, IA
Mesivta of Coral Springs, Coral Springs, FL
Albany Mesivta, Albany, New York
HaMesivta, Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
Mesivta Oholei Torah, Brooklyn, New York
Yeshiva Mesivta Menachem, Westchester, New York
Yeshiva Torah Ohr, Miami, FL
Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami Rabbinical College, Miami, Florida
Yeshivas Menachem Mendel Lubavitch, Oak Park, MI
Rabbinical College of Canada Quebec-Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Bais Medrash, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Kingston Mesivta, Kingston, Pennsylvania
Yeshiva Campus, Suffield, CT https://www.yeshivacampus.com/




= In Israel

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Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim HaMerkazit (Central Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva), Kfar Chabad
Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Rishon LeZion (Ketana), Rishon Lezion
Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Rishon LeZion (Gedola), Rishon LeZion
Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Nachlat Har Chabad, Kiryat Malachi
Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim, Lod
Yeshivat Ohr Tmimim, Kfar Chabad
Yeshivas Tzeirei Hashluchim, Safed
Yeshivas Chasidei Chabad Beis Levi Yitzchak, Safed
Ohr Simcha, Kfar Chabad
Beis Sefer Lemelacha, Kfar Chabad
Tomchei Tmimim Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Gat
Yeshiva Toras Emes (Chabad), Jerusalem (founded in 1911, also by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, and originally based in Hebron)
Yeshivat NachlatHar Chabad Beit Haram, Kiryat Malachi
Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Migdal HaEmek, Migdal HaEmek
Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim, Or Yehuda
Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim, El'ad
Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimimm, Beersheba
Yeshivas Lubavitch Tiferes Yisroel, Beit Shemesh
Yeshivas Ohel Menachem, Beit Shemesh
Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim, Beitar Illit
Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim-Beis Menachem, Bnei Brak




= In other locations

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Yeshivas Oholei Yosef Yitchak Lubavitch, St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia
Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand, St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia
Yeshivas Levi Yitzchak St Kilda East, Victoria, Australia
Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical College of Sydney, Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
Yeshiva College Cheder Chabad-High School Division, Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim, Brunoy, France (suburb of Paris)
Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Vincennes, France
Yeshiva Gedolah Lubavitch London
Lubavitch Mechinah L'Yeshiva, London, England
Yeshivas Lubavitch Manchester, Manchester, England
Boys High School Mesivta, Moscow, Russia
Yeshiva Ketana Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, Moscow, Russia
Yeshivah Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, Moscow, Russia
Yeshiva Ketana Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah of Johannesburg, South Africa
Rabbinical College of Pretoria, South Africa
Torah Academy School, Johannesburg, South Africa
Rabbinical College of South Africa
Yeshiva Gedola, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch Ohel Menachem, S. Paulo, Brazil
Yeshiva Gedola Nachlas Levi, Dnipro, Ukraine
Yeshiva Gedolah Frankfurt, Germany
Rabbinical Yeshiva, Venice, Italy




Notable alumni


Meir Ashkenazi, Chief rabbi of Shanghai in early 1900s
Moshe Gutnick, president of the Rabbinical Council of Australia and New Zealand
Abraham Hecht, former president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America
Simon Jacobson, author of Toward a Meaningful Life
Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, public lecturer
Yoel Kahan, scholar of Hasidic philosophy
Berel Lazar, Chief rabbi of Russia
Yehoshua Mondshine, researcher and historian
Nissan Nemanov, director of the Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva in Brunoy, France
Shlomo Sawilowsky, professor at Wayne State University
Ezra Schochet, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad in Los Angeles, California
Eliyahu Simpson, rabbi
Marcus Solomon, Supreme Court Justice in Western Australia
Adin Steinsaltz, scholar and author of the Steinsaltz Talmud




See also


Beth Rivkah - Chabad’s education network for women




References

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