Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel

Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel is an Orthodox yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in 1988 by Rabbi David Harris, Rabbi Zvi Turk, and Rabbi Yehuda Jacobson. Rabbi Zvi Turk and Rabbi Yehuda Jacobson are currently co-principals of the yeshiva. The assistant principal for religious studies is Rabbi Sender Strassfeld, and the principal for secular studies is Mr. David Schonbrun.
Beginning as a fledgling branch of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, it has evolved into an established yeshiva. The yeshiva is located at 1271 East 35th Street in Brooklyn, New York, where it shares a building with its elementary school, Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel (also called Yeshiva Ketana Tiferes Yisroel).
It is primarily an American, Lithuanian-style Haredi but non-Hasidic Yeshiva focusing on Talmud study.
Although, like the majority of Chofetz Chaim branches, it is run independently, it continues to retain strong ties with its parent institution. It currently has between one hundred and fifty and two hundred students on the high school level and about sixty at the post-high school Beth midrash level. Many of the latter will continue on a rigidly determined curriculum, eventually seeking rabbinical ordination through Chofetz Chaim or through other rabbinical schools.
Mehalach (Methodology)
Like its parent institution, Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, there are three primary characteristics of this Yeshiva's methodology of Talmud study that distinguish it from others in its genre:
Firstly, there is an emphasis upon unfolding the latent processes of reasoning within the steps of the Talmudic sugya. The methodology employed by this Yeshiva places emphasis on the notion that the initial assumptions of the Talmud must be highly rigorous, and that the movement between the initial thought process (known as the hava aminah) of the Talmudic sugya to the final thought process must be fully unfolded and understood.
Secondly, their approach to ethical and biblical texts and its commentaries emphasize a rigour that other Yeshivos of their genre generally reserve to halachic or Talmudic texts alone. The term "muchrach" is often employed when discussing what may be learned from biblical commentaries. This term means "logically and textually compelling." This approach yields a much more compelling discourse on Torah.
The third distinguishing characteristic is the emphasis placed upon propagating the ideals and values of Judaism. Students are encouraged upon completion of a rigorous term of study, to seek employment in the field of Jewish education, often launching their own educational institutions themselves or with a partner. However, rather than going into "Harbotzas Hatorah" for selfish reasons (such as the desire to remain in an environment suitable for Torah study), students are taught to act for their beneficiaries. In fact, Rav Henoch believed that one who enters this field for any other reason would be better off going into the workforce.

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