continues to be all about inclusion and bein adam lachaveiro, within a
context of Torah learning on the highest level and academic excellence.
Make Room for More
As the fledgling Yeshiva Darchei Torah began to grow, it rented a series of
spaces in shuls and other buildings. By 1981, it had found accommodations
in a wing of a building on the campus of the Hartman YMHA, located on
a huge property nearly the size of a city block.
When the Hartman Y announced in 1991 that it was ready to close
operations and sell off the entire property, it was clear that Darchei had
been presented with a golden opportunity. Mr. Lloyd Keilson spearheaded
the campaign to raise money for the purchase, miraculously managing
to meet the six-month funding deadline. When a press release about the
Yeshiva was published in The Jewish Press, it was spotted by Mr. Yaakov
Melohn, a Manhattan-based businessman. After seeking the advice of his
rebbi, Rav Yisroel Belsky zt”l, Yaakov and his wife came forward to offer
to help purchase the campus in memory of Yaakov’s father Yosef z”l. The
Yeshiva was now in possession of an eight-and-a-half acre campus!
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