Vibrant Torah Leadership

A rabbinical school, beit midrash, and Torah center,

YCT serves as the spiritual home
for an open and inclusive Orthodoxy,

as well as a thriving hub
for its 150 rabbis serving around the world,
its 60 Rikmah Israeli rabbis and rabbaniyot in Israel,
and their communities.

A rabbinical school, beit midrash, and Torah center, YCT serves as the spiritual home for an open and inclusive Orthodoxy, as well as a thriving hub for its 150 rabbis serving around the world, its 60 Rikmah Israeli rabbis and rabbaniyot in Israel, and their communities.

VISION

A world where spiritually vibrant, person-centric Orthodox communities and leadership radiate Torah outward to transform the Jewish world.

MISSION

To train and support rabbis and connect communities through a Torah and halakha rooted in the realities of our lives and the world around us.

CORE VALUES

Fully anchored in a life of emunah, Torah and halakha, YCT believes in an Orthodoxy that centers:

Welcoming, person-centric communities

בית שמאי אומרים השמים נבראו תחילה, ובית הלל אומרים הארץ נבראת תחילה (בראשית רבה, א':א')

Learn about our work in disabilities inclusion and LGBTQ+ welcoming

“Beit Shammai says: ‘The Heavens were created first.’ But Beit Hillel says: ‘The Earth was created first.’ (Breishit Rabbah 1:1)

Women’s maximal participation

כֵּן בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד דֹּבְרֹת (במדבר כז, ז)

Check out our allyship in advancing women’s roles in Orthodoxy >

“Rightly do the daughters of Tzelaphchad speak.” (Num. 27:7)

Serving Am Yisrael and building bridges with other movements

אֶת אַחַי אָנֹכִי מְבַקֵּשׁ (בראשית לז, טז)

Explore our work serving Am Yisrael in action >

“It is my brothers whom I seek.” (Gen. 37:16)

Bringing joy and intellectual openness to our serving of God

חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת נִפְגָּשׁוּ צֶדֶק וְשָׁלוֹם נָשָׁקוּ (תהלים פה, יא)

Explore YCT’s scholarship >

“Kindness and truth have met; righteousness and peace have kissed.” (Ps. 85:11)

Support of and advocacy for Medinat Yisrael

לְמַעַן צִיּוֹן לֹא אֶחֱשֶׁה, וּלְמַעַן יְרוּשָׁלִַם לֹא אֶשְׁקוֹט (ישעיהו סב א')

Check out our Israel page and our rabbinic and pastoral programs in Israel: Rikmah and Livyat Chen

“For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest.” (Isa. 62:1).

A better world for all who live on this planet

ויש אשר עוד תתרחב נפשו… שואף אל תעודתו הכללית ומצפה להשתלמותו העליונה (הרב קוק, אורות הקודש)

Explore our climate action >

“There are those whose souls are more expansive… yearning for Humankind’s overall betterment and desiring its highest perfection.” (Rav Kook)

The Latest

Yeshiva & Alumni

NY Times Op-ed by Rabbi Dov Linzer & Abigail Pogrebin: This Hanukkah, Choose Light Over Heat
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas Quotes Rabbi Dov Linzer & Abigail Pogrebin at Chabad National Menorah Lighting
Sukkat Shalom: The YCT Sukkot Reader
Sukkat Shalom: The YCT Sukkot Reader
Building Our Collective Sukkah: Sukkot Message from Rabbi Dov Linzer
Photo-realistic image of the Israeli flag with a sunset in the background. An Israeli flag covers the majority of the image, it is a white horizontal rectangle with a blue horizontal stripe on the top and bottom and a blue Magen David in the middle. The flag is tinted yellowish gold by the large blazing yellow and white sun glowing on the right side. The sky behind the flag is a hazy blue grey and a grey metal flagpole can be seen on the left.
Al Ha’Ahava Prayer-Meditation by Rabbi Avi Weiss
Hear My Voice-The YCT Yamim Noraim Reader
Rabbi Linzer and Abigail Pogrebin on Good Morning America
Rabbi Linzer and Abigail Pogrebin on Good Morning America

Daf Yomi

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Parsha

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Halakha

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Semikha

Rikmah

Rikmah

YCT student learning Black and white photograph cropped of Rabbi Aaron Portman. Image of a man in grey scale with a transparent background. He has light skin, appears to be in his 30s, and can be seen from the chest up. He is hovering over a large open sefer, possibly Gemara, where the outside of the pages seems to be textured with blotches of color. He has thick, dark, short hair that is swept to the right, half closed eyes and a wide open mouthed smile. He is wearing a white keepah with a hair clip on the left, circular wire rim glasses, a ribbed dark sweater and a checkered button down shirt and a ring on his left ring finger. There is nothing else in the picture besides the transparent background so he appears to be floating in the air.

Beit Midrash

A blurry photo-realistic stock image called "bohemian-man-with-his-arms-crossed". Image of a man standing straight and directly facing the camera and visible from the waist up. The whole image is in grey-scale with a transparent background. He has a light skin-tone, a full-faced, bushy, dark, beard and mustache and short, wavy, dark hair. He seems to be smiling but his facial hair covers most of his mouth. He is wearing large, circular, black framed glasses, a mid-tone fedora with a woven checker pattern and a long sleeved comfy shirt with ribbed cuffs. He is also wearing a scarf wrapped twice around his neck with the ends not visible, the scarf has horizontal stripes going in a pattern from light to dark. His arms are crossed and he as a significant amount of hair on his fore-arms.

Jewel