Yeshiva of Far Rockaway

Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary יְשִׁיבָה דֶרֶךְ אֵיתָן
Address

802 Hicksville Rd. Far Rockaway, Queens , New York 11691 United States
Coordinates	40°36′01″N 73°44′38″W / 40.6003°N 73.7438°W / 40.6003; -73.7438
Information
Religious affiliation(s)	Judaism
Founder	Rabbi Nachman Bulman, Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr
CEEB code	331892
Principal	Rabbi Eli Goldgrab
Head of school	Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr
Grades	9–12, seminary
Gender	Male
Enrollment	160
Language	English
Website	http://www.yofr.org

Yeshiva of Far Rockaway (also known as Yeshiva Derech Ayson (Hebrew: יְשִׁיבָה דֶרֶךְ אֵיתָן) and Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary) is a yeshiva located at 802 Hicksville Road, Far Rockaway, Queens in New York City. It comprises a high school, beis medrash, and Kollel. The school was founded by the current rosh yeshiva (dean), Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr, and by Rabbi Nachman Bulman. It has intensive Talmudic studies, and features the rosh yeshiva's musar (ethics) lectures in the Novardok tradition.^{[citation needed]} The yeshiva also has a kollel, Kollel Ner Rochel Leah, for married students.^{[citation needed]}

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History

Rabbi Yechiel Perr, an alumnus of Yeshiva Beis Yosef-Novardok in Brooklyn, Beth Medrash Govoha, the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, and Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, founded the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway in 1969. The name of the yeshiva, Derech Ayson, comes from the sefer by Rabbi Avraham Yoffen of Novardok.^[1]

The yeshiva's principal from 1970 until his death was Rabbi Aaron Brafman, older brother of Benjamin Brafman.^[2]

Notable alumni

Rabbi Azriel Brown, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret
Rabbi Yaakov Mayer, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret
Ari Goldwag, Jewish recording artist, songwriter, and producer
Rabbi Ezra Schwartz, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva University
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun

References

^ Bernstein, Dovid (7 February 2009). "Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Dinner Tonight, Ben Brafman to MC". matzav.com. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
^ Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky (21 February 2018). "Streets of Life". Ami Magazine. No. 356. pp. 140–141.

Education in Queens

Public schools

Charter schools

Closed	Beach Channel HS Andrew Jackson HS Jamaica HS Far Rockaway HS Springfield Gardens HS

Private schools

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn schools

Other

Moved	Japanese School of New York (to Yonkers, NY and then Greenwich, CT)

Colleges and universities

CUNY School of Law
Queens College
St. John's University Queens Campus
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Vaughn College

Queens Public Library

branches
- Children's Library Discovery Center

Weekend education

Japanese Weekend School of New York

This list is incomplete.
See also: Queens Memory Project

Boys' schools in New York City

Public boys' schools

Eagle Academy for Young Men of the Bronx
Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem
Eagle Academy for Young Men Ocean Hill/Brownsville
Eagle Academy for Young Men Southeast, Queens
Eagle Academy for Young Men of Staten Island

Private boys' schools

Manhattan	Allen-Stevenson School Browning School Buckley School Collegiate School La Salle Academy Regis High School St. Bernard's School St. David's Saint Thomas Choir School Xavier High School Yeshiva University High School for Boys
Brooklyn	Gerer Mesivta Bais Yisroel School Mesivta of Seagate School Mikdash Melech Mechina School Sinai Academy Tiferes Academy Torah Academy High School United Lubavitcher Yeshiva Yeshiva Chanoch Lenaar Yeshiva Derech HaTorah High School Yeshiva Gedolah of Midwood Yeshiva Karunas Halev Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel Yeshiva Toraf Hesed Yeshiva Vyelipol School Yeshivat Shaare Torah Boys High School
Queens	Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary Holy Cross High School Mesivta Ohr Torah School Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun Yeshiva Berachel David-Torah School Yeshiva Binat Chaim - Boys School Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Yeshiva Shaar Hatoreh Research
Bronx	All Hallows High School Cardinal Hayes High School Fordham Preparatory School Mount Saint Michael Academy St. Raymond High School for Boys
Staten Island	Monsignor Farrell High School St. Peter's Boys High School Yeshiva of Staten Island
Became coed	Loyola School (Manhattan) Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School (Queens) Xaverian High School (Brooklyn)
Closed	Brooklyn Preparatory School Rice High School (Manhattan) St. Agnes Boys High School (Manhattan) St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School (Bronx)

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