Sunderland Talmudical College

The yeshiva was founded in the city of Sunderland in the United Kingdom in October 1946 by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Grossnass and Rabbi Zushe Waltner at the initiative of Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler. It was originally located at 2 Kensington Esplanade. In the 1950s, the yeshiva accepted several students from Morocco, which was subsequently followed in the coming years by other students from North Africa. in the 1950s]] In November 1952 the yeshiva moved to 1 The Cedars Road, Sunderland. It re-located to Gateshead in June 1988, but kept its original name. In 2021, following a successful matching campaign, the yeshiva extended its building to include a new dining room, shiur rooms and dormitories.…

The Kibbutz, a collection of top students from high-calibre yeshivas, is a more recent addition to the yeshiva. The head of the Kibbutz, Rabbi Avrohom Ehrentreu, is a disciple of Rabbi Chatzkel Levenstein, and is head of the Gateshead Va'ad Horabonim with three other rabbis. The mashgiach of the Kibbutz is Rabbi Ephraim Shmuel Zahn. The students of the Kibbutz have a separate dormitory from the yeshiva, in premises on Avenue Road known as The Lodge. They learn together with the younger students, in a daily session known as rebbe talmid seder. In September 2023, Rabbi Yechezkal Ehrentreu was promoted to a position on the hanhala of the Kibbutz, having previously served as maggid shiur in the…