Pressburg Yeshiva (Jerusalem)

Pressburg Yeshiva of Jerusalem
Pressburg Yeshiva of Jerusalem
Hebrew: ישיבת פרשבורג
	The yeshiva exterior, in 2019
Location
	Givat Shaul, Jerusalem; Israel
	31°47′28.79″N 35°11′40.66″E / 31.7913306°N 35.1946278°E
Information
Type	Yeshiva and synagogue
Religious affiliations	Orthodox Judaism; (Nusach Ashkenaz)
Established	1950
Founder	Rabbi Akiva Sofer
Rosh yeshiva	Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer-Schreiber
Gender	Males
Language	Hebrew

The Pressburg Yeshiva of Jerusalem (Hebrew: ישיבת פרשבורג) is an Orthodox yeshiva, with synagogue, located in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem, in Israel.^[1]

Overview

The yeshiva was founded in 1950 by Rabbi Akiva Sofer (known as the Daas Sofer), a great-grandson of Rabbi Moses Sofer (the Chatam Sofer), who established the original Pressburg Yeshiva in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1807. Rabbi Simcha Bunim Sofer served as Rosh yeshiva until his death in 2017, and was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer-Schreiber, who also serves as Rosh kollel.^[2]

The yeshiva building includes a yeshiva ketana, yeshiva gedola, and kollel.

The main beis medrash doubles as a synagogue where some neighborhood residents also pray on Shabbat. The complex also includes a general neighborhood synagogue which functions as Givat Shaul's main Ashkenazi synagogue.