Mercaz HaTorah of Belle Harbor
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5-05 Beach 129th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11694, USA Print route »
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Yeshiva Mercaz HaTorah of Belle Harbor is a residential high school and 3 year post high school for men founded in 1985 by Rabbis Chaim Zelikovitz and Levi Dicker. It was led by Levi Dicker for most of its history, until his passing in 2011. His son, Rabbi Shmuel Zev Dicker, is the current Rosh Yeshiva.Rabbi Levi Dicker was a talmid of Rabbi Aharon Kotler, founder of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ. As such, the Yeshiva follows a Lakewood style approach to life and learning. The Yeshiva is located at 505 Beach 129th St. in Rockaway Park, Queens NY, on the Rockaway Peninsula. The Yeshiva offers a dual curriculum program for high school students, with a secular program offered in the afternoon, and Torah studies for the remainder of the day. The post high school program is a full time program in Torah studies.
The Yeshiva is known for its association with the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed on multiple sides of the Yeshiva.
