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Posted By richards on June 2, 2017

HaRav Yankel Cohen has been involved with Telshe Yeshiva in Wickliffe since he enrolled there as a student in 1951.

In honor of his many years of service to the rabbinical college, Cohen will receive the Harbotzas Torah tribute at Telshe Yeshivas 75th annual dinner, which starts at 6:30 p.m. June 5 at Young Israel of Greater Cleveland in Beachwood.

Also honored will be Rabbi and Mrs. Hillel Drazin, distinguished parents of the year; Rabbi and Mrs. Yitzchak Scheinerman, who will be wished farewell as they move out of state; and the graduating class of 1966, celebrating a yovel (50 years) of service to Klal Yisroel (all of Israel).

There will also be a tribute to HaRav Yaakov Horowitz and the Telshe Yeshiva Alumni Bais Midrash in Brooklyn, N.Y., which is closing after 46 years of service.

The event will feature an address by Rabbi Aharon Dovid Goldberg, rosh yeshiva of Telshe Yeshiva.

Cohen, 79, is a graduate of Telshe Yeshiva and has been involved with the yeshiva as a facilitator in the study of Talmud for more than 50 years, said Rabbi Dovid Greenwald, the colleges director of development.

Hes brilliant, a genius, Greenwald said. His analytical mind is able to dissect a piece of Talmud and really break it down so students can understand it and get a grasp of the concept. Having someone like Rabbi Cohen brings that level of study to a new plateau; its more elevated.

Through the Harbotzas Torah tribute, were recognizing all of his dissemination of Torah, his Torah knowledge and Talmud knowledge, and honoring him for so many years. Hes literally someone who lives and breathes his Talmud study all day long.

Cohen and his wife, Ruth, live in Cleveland Heights.

The Drazins are also Cleveland Heights residents.

The Scheinermans, of Wickliffe, have been longtime neighbors of Telshe Yeshiva, Greenwald said. They recently moved to Lakewood, N.J.

Rabbi Scheinerman joined Telshe as a student in 1943, and he spent his his life by the yeshiva, Greenwald said.

Horowitz was a rabbi at Telshe Yeshiva and has served alumni at the Bais Midrash in Brooklyn for many years.

It was started by our alumni in New York in 1971 who wanted to retain their connection, Greenwald said. They sold the building, so were saying thank you to the rabbi (Horowitz) and the general members in Brooklyn for all their years of service.

Greenwald said the primary goals of the dinner are to update the community on happenings at the yeshiva and to allow it to celebrate in all of our achievements. He expects about 450 people to attend.

Its a really big milestone, he said of the yeshiva which opened in Cleveland in November 1941 and is celebrating its 75th year. Telshe has been at the forefront of Jewish education in Cleveland. The landscape of Jewish Cleveland would not look the way it does without Telshe Yeshiva.

Greenwald said the yeshiva not only has hundreds of alumni living in the Cleveland area, but also alumni who reside in 25 states and 15 countries around the world.

We currently have students from 12 states, as well as from Israel, Switzerland, Mexico, Canada, Venezuela and Ukraine, he said.

The yeshivas current enrollment is about 170, Greenwald said.

Ed Wittenberg is a freelance writer from Cleveland Heights.

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Telshe Yeshiva to honor Cohen, Drazins, Scheinerman, class of 1966 - Cleveland Jewish News

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