Before college or career, build your foundation.
A year of Torah. A year of growth. A year that prepares you for life.
A full-time yeshiva experience in Miami for young Jewish men from all backgrounds — a meaningful year of Torah, growth, community, and direction before college or career. No prior yeshiva experience required.
A yeshiva in the warmest corner of America.
Torah Ohr sits in the heart of North Miami Beach — a serious beis midrash inside a warm Chabad community, ten minutes from the ocean. Since 2011, more than five hundred young men have made this their home for a year.
A warm Chabad home
A welcoming yeshiva environment in the heart of North Miami Beach’s thriving Jewish community — fifteen years of teaching young men from every background.
Sun that never quits
Steps from the beach, in one of the warmest corners of South Florida. Learning is serious; the setting is a gift.
Everything on campus
Dormitory, dining room, and beis midrash under one roof — you live where you learn, with three kosher meals a day.
The year after high school is a turning point. Give that year to Torah, and it gives you back direction, structure, and a foundation for the rest of your life.
Torah Ohr Yeshiva, North Miami Beach
Placeholder wording — final welcome text to be approved by the Rabbi.
A year to grow — not a year off.
Some students are preparing to begin college. Others are taking a break from university and looking for more direction. This is a year to grow, gain direction, build a Torah foundation, and prepare for life and the real world as a Jew.
Preparing to begin college
Use the year between high school and campus to build a Torah foundation, gain direction, and arrive at college grounded in who you are as a Jew.
Taking a break from university
Step out of the lecture hall and into the beis midrash. A year of structure, learning, and clarity before you continue college or begin your career.
Serious Torah, designed for today's student.
- The heart of the year is a full-time, structured learning schedule in a warm and welcoming Chabad yeshiva environment. Special experiences fill the calendar — but the main focus is serious Torah learning.
- ChassidusThe Chassidic teachings of the Chabad Rebbes — study that speaks to the soul as much as the mind, morning and evening.
- TalmudLearn to read a page of Gemara yourself: the questions, the arguments, and the reasoning of a three-thousand-year-old conversation.
- Jewish LawHalacha for real life — how a Jew eats, works, rests, and celebrates, learned as living practice rather than theory.
- ParshaThe weekly Torah portion, studied in depth so the yearly cycle becomes your own calendar of ideas.
- TefillahDavening with a minyan, morning to night — prayer as a daily discipline and a daily conversation.
- Growth & GuidancePersonal growth and career guidance woven through the year, so the next step after yeshiva is a confident one.
Structure, community, and a made bed.
- Students live in the Torah Ohr dormitory and receive three meals a day — the structure, community, and support you need to focus entirely on learning and growth.
- Dormitory Modern housing at the yeshiva
- Three meals a day Fresh kosher cooking, daily
- Full schedule Morning Chassidus to evening Maariv
- Miami, Florida Warmth in every sense
The experiences around the learning.
- ShabbatonsFull Shabbos experiences with the community — the table, the songs, the rest that recharges the whole week.
- FarbrengensLate-night Chassidic gatherings where the learning turns personal — stories, niggunim, and honest conversation.
- Melava MalkasEscorting the Shabbos Queen out with music and a meal — the week begins with joy, not a Monday.
- Community outreachBring what you learn to the wider Miami Jewish community. Torah grows when it is given away.
- TripsOccasional trips across Miami and South Florida — the beach is steps away, and the chevra travels together.
- A chevra for lifeA small cohort of young men from all backgrounds. The friendships formed over a shared page last a lifetime.
Ask the ones who came.
Torah Ohr changed my life. The rabbis here do not just teach — they mentor, guide, and inspire. I came for a semester and stayed for two years.
The learning environment is unmatched. Small classes, passionate teachers, and a chevra that pushes you to grow every single day.
Miami Beach, extraordinary rabbis, and a community that feels like family. Torah Ohr gave me the foundation for everything I have built since.
A bridge between yeshiva and life.
One of the unique advantages of Torah Ohr is what comes after the gap year — a pathway that carries the learning into the real world instead of ending at the door.
The Gap Year
A full-time yeshiva schedule in Miami: Chassidus, davening, Talmud, Jewish law, parsha, personal growth, and career guidance. You live in the dormitory, eat three meals a day, and give the year to serious learning.
The Internship Track
Students who successfully complete the full gap year can join our work-study internship program — continuing part-time Torah learning with the yeshiva while gaining real-world experience in a professional field.
College or Career
You leave with a foundation: the learning, the structure, the community, and the confidence to take your next step in life as a Jew — on campus or in a career.
The questions parents ask.
The year is real. Here is the calendar.
- Aug 26, 2026 The year begins — settle into the dorm by 3:00 PM; first class 5:00 PM
- Sep–Oct 2026 Rosh Hashanah, Tishrei with the community; classes resume Oct 8
- Dec 22–31, 2026 Miami Torah Experience Program
- Jun 17, 2027 Last day of the regular year
- Rolling admissionsThere is no single deadline — apply online or call, and the admissions team will walk you through the next steps. International students coordinate arrival dates with the yeshiva office.
A year at Torah Ohr is possible.
- Cost should never be the reason a young man does not come. Financial aid and full scholarships are available for qualified students — speak with us before you decide anything based on numbers.
- Every family's situation is different, so we don't post one number for everyone — your quote is built around yours, with aid and payment plans already applied.
- Apply today free & non-binding
- A short conversation with admissions
- Your quote in your inbox, in writing
- Dormitory housing at the yeshiva
- Three kosher meals a day
- The full seven-day learning program
- Shabbatons, farbrengens, and trips
- Rabbeim and mentors close by, day and night
Frequently asked.
No. The program is designed for young Jewish men from all backgrounds — no prior yeshiva experience is required, just a desire to grow. Many students arrive having never opened a page of Talmud.
Jewish high school graduates and college-age students looking for direction: young men preparing to begin college, or taking a break from university, who want a year of structure, learning, and purpose before their next step.
Tuition covers dormitory housing, three kosher meals a day, the full learning program, and trips — the whole year, no hidden line items. We do not publish a flat price: after you apply, admissions sends a personal quote that reflects your situation, including aid and payment plans. Cost should never be the reason a student does not come.
After successfully completing the full gap year, students can join the work-study internship track: part-time Torah learning with the yeshiva while gaining real-world experience in a professional field — a bridge between yeshiva learning and life beyond the classroom.
Still deciding? Call 786-268-9770 — we are happy to talk it through.
Make your gap year count.
Spend the year growing in Torah, building your future, and preparing for life with purpose.