Etz Chaim Yeshiva was a "Lithuanian"

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. It operated as a yeshiva from the early 1900s through the 1990s, when it repositioned to function as the latter. It has several prominent alumni including Commonwealth Chief Rabbis

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History

The yeshiva was founded in about 1900 in London's East End, where it occupied a campus on Thrawl Street; Rabbi Aharon Hyman was one of the founders. Rabbi Joseph Green was the first

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, and Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Segal, later Rosh Yeshiva in Manchester, served as ''

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, Rabbi

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was associated with the Yeshiva during his stay in London. Rabbi

Nachman Shlomo Greenspan Rabbi Nachman Shlomo Greenspan (; 1878 – August 1961) was a Talmudic scholar, rosh yeshiva of Etz Chaim in London, and an author of a number of Torah works.__NOTOC__ Biography Greenspan was born in the village of Lyakhovichi in the Minsk Gover ...

succeeded Green as rosh yeshiva from 1918 to 1961. Rabbi

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was ''mashgiach ruchani'' from 1926 - 1950. Rabbi

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, the latter's son in law and future Rosh Yeshiva at

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, taught in the Yeshiva in the 1940s. Rabbi Hirsch Neumann taught in the yeshiva in the 1920s Greenspan was succeeded by Rabbi

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(1906-1996). Moshe Musman (1996)
A Telzer In Europe: HaRav Nosson Ordman zt'l
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; he came to London in 1936, and headed ''Etz Chaim'' for more than 50 years. From 1976 through the early 1980's Rabbi

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led the Yeshiva alongside Rabbi Ordman. In the 1960's the yeshiva had experienced a decline, with students drawn to Israeli and American yeshivas. Under Pfeuffer the Yeshiva saw a re-invigoration, attracting British ''talmidim'' studying at Israeli Yeshivas, particularly

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. It thus continued its operation with several dozen students. In the 1990's, Rabbi Zvi Rabi became Rosh Yeshiva. During this time, Etz Chaim relocated to Bridge Lane,

, when it was repositioned so as to function as a specialized

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comprising several advanced

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'' (congregation) is today associated with the

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. Rabbi Rabi headed the institution until his passing in 2020.

Notable alumni

* Commonwealth Chief Rabbi

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, Principal Rabbi of the

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Notable alumni

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