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Shuvu Bonim

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Shuvu Banim Yeshiva
Address
Map
Rehov Hebron 32

Old City


Israel
Information
Established1978
Rosh YeshivaEliezer Berland
AffiliationJudaism

Shuvu Banim (also Yeshivat Breslov—Nechamat Tzion) is a yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem[1] with 1,500 students.[2] It was founded in 1978 in Bnei Brak by Rabbi Eliezer Berland, a convicted sex offender[3][4] and fraudster[5][3] who is still the rosh yeshiva.[6] The yeshiva was declared a cult by The Israeli Center for Cult Victims in 2018.

It is a Breslov yeshiva based on the teachings of Nachman of Breslov. About 30 percent of the student body is affiliated with the Haredi or national–religious communities.[2] In 1980, an additional branch was opened in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. In 1982 the two branches merged into a single institution with the Bnei Brak yeshiva moving to Jerusalem.

It runs ten kollels, three yeshivot for young men, a Talmud Torah, an elementary school for girls, a range of preschools and kindergartens, youth groups, and evening lectures for women.[7]

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  1. ^ "Institutions Index". www.torahindex.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  2. ^ a b "Shuvu Bonim". shuvubonim.org. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  3. ^ a b https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-09-14/ty-article/convicted-sex-offender-rabbi-berland-turned-away-at-ukrainian-border-on-way-to-uman/0000018a-93ea-d077-a7da-f3ebea800000
  4. ^ "Sex offender rabbi who defrauded followers gets 18 months in plea deal". The Times of Israel. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  5. ^ "Sex offender rabbi Berland begins fraud sentence as followers mass outside jail | The Times of Israel". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  6. ^ "Welcome | Yale University Press" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
  7. ^ "Shuvu Bonim". shuvubonim.org. Archived from the original on 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
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