Beth Medrash Govoha is a Haredi Jewish Lithuanian yeshiva in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. It was founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotler in 1943 and is the second-largest yeshiva in the world, after Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. As of 2019, it had 6,715 students, 2,748 regular and 3,967 in Kollel status. The principal Rosh yeshiva since 1982 is Rabbi Malkiel Kotler. Talmud and halakha studies in the institution are carried in the form of over 200 small groups, Chaburos, which consist of several students mentored by a veteran, each pursuing its own specific curriculum with an emphasis on individual learning.
Beth Medrash Govoha
BMG - 7th Street Study Hall 1943
Tumult day in Beth Medrash Govoha outside the main and Beren buildings
A yeshiva, jeshibah is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha, while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel. The studying is usually done through daily shiurim as well as in study pairs called chavrusas. Chavrusa-style learning is one of the unique features of the yeshiva.
Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, the largest yeshiva in the world
A typical bet midrash, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore
Chavrusas in study at Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret
Morning seder at Or-Yisrael, a yeshiva founded by the Chazon Ish