College Profile: Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion
The Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva aims to carry forward the chain of Jewish learning and career training in an environment where education is personal, but rigorous and challenging. The Yeshiva defines its purpose as teaching students Torah learning skills in order to foster creative scholarship and provide the community with Talmudists, scholars, and well-educated laymen. We identify the following specific mission elements: 1. Train students in the study and analytical interpretation of the classic texts of Judaism. Foster reasoning skills, proficiency in textual analysis, the capacity for legal analysis, and a deftness in the application of advanced logic to methods of argumentation. 2. Prepare students for service careers as Yeshiva teachers, melamdim, mechanchim and maggidei shiur in a wide range of formats. 3. Provide students with the education for pursuing advanced rabbinic degrees that lead to college level teaching or practical rabbinics. 4. Develop in the student a strong moral dimension by fostering an ethical sensibility through the study of Mussar, devotional texts and Talmudic Aggadata. 5. Foster in the student a contemplative spirit, an awareness of the life of the mind and its encouragement. 6. Train those with exceptional gifts for higher research in Talmud.
718-438-2018 (general)
718-438-2018 (financial aid)
718-438-2018 (admissions)
Mission Statement
The Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva aims to carry forward the chain of Jewish learning and career training in an environment where education is personal, but rigorous and challenging.
The Yeshiva defines its purpose as teaching students Torah learning skills in order to foster creative scholarship and provide the community with Talmudists, scholars, and well-educated laymen. We identify the following specific mission elements:
1. Train students in the study and analytical interpretation of the classic texts of Judaism. Foster reasoning skills, proficiency in textual analysis, the capacity for legal analysis, and a deftness in the application of advanced logic to methods of argumentation.
2. Prepare students for service careers as Yeshiva teachers, melamdim, mechanchim and maggidei shiur in a wide range of formats.
3. Provide students with the education for pursuing advanced rabbinic degrees that lead to college level teaching or practical rabbinics.
4. Develop in the student a strong moral dimension by fostering an ethical sensibility through the study of Mussar, devotional texts and Talmudic Aggadata.
5. Foster in the student a contemplative spirit, an awareness of the life of the mind and its encouragement.
6. Train those with exceptional gifts for higher research in Talmud.
General Information
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Type |
Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above |
Control |
Private not-for-profit |
Size |
Under 1,000 |
Campus Setting |
City: Large |
Calendar System |
Semester |
Title IV Eligibility |
Participates in Title IV federal financial aid programs |
Relgious Affiliation |
Jewish |
College Student Services Offered
Yes |
Remedial Services | Yes |
Academic/career counseling service |
No |
Employment services for students | No |
Placement services for completers |
No |
On-campus day care for students' children | |
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College Special Learning Opportunities
No |
ROTC | No |
Distance learning opportunities |
No |
ROTC: Army | Yes |
Study abroad |
No |
ROTC: Navy | No |
Weekend/evening college |
No |
ROTC: Air Force | |
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Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
More info
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Website
Admissions Considerations & Recommendations
Open admission policy |
Yes |
Admission test scores |
Not applicable |
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language |
Not applicable |
Applicants (most recent fall period)
Admissions (most recent fall period)
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Percentage Receiving Financial Aid
Average Amount of Financial Aid Received
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergraduates
Average Tuition for Full-Time Graduates
Comprehensive Fee for Full-Time Undergraduates
Per Credit Hour Charge for Part-Time Undergraduates
Per Credit Hour Charge for Part-Time Graduates
Student Body
251 |
Student Body Size | Yes |
On-Campus Housing |
0 |
Fall Applicants | 90 |
Total Dormitory Capacity |
0 |
Fall Admissions | |
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Gender
Ethnicity
College Levels Offered
No |
Less than one year certificate | No |
One but less than two years certificate |
No |
Associate's degree | No |
Two but less than 4 years certificate |
Yes |
Bachelor's degree | No |
Postbaccalaureate certificate |
Yes |
Master's degree | No |
Post-master's certificate |
No |
Doctor's degree | Yes |
First-professional degree |
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| No |
First-professional certificate |
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