Yeshivat Orot Hatshuvah marked 18 years in Jerusalem's Har
Nof neighborhood with a hachnosas sefer Torah ceremony
for six sifrei Torah installed at the new building of
the yeshiva complex on Rechov Hakablan and a special show of
appreciation for the nosi, HaRav Daniel Biton.
Orot Hatshuvah institutions include Mishkan HaTorah, a
yeshiva ketanoh that has gained repute in the yeshiva
world and sent graduates to many of the leading yeshivos
gedolos; Netiv HaTalmud, set up three years ago with the
blessings of gedolei Yisroel and has drawn top
talmidei chachomim to its ranks; and a kollel
in operation for 18 years.
Orot Hatshuvah also runs a publishing house that recently
embarked on an ambitious project to publish Arba Turim
based on the Beis Yosef's original manuscript and 30
previously unknown handwritten manuscripts.
HaRav Biton's talmidim came from around the country to
celebrate the yeshiva's 18th anniversary, many arriving from
kehillos HaRav Biton launched and built all over.
The central event, held at the Congress Center at Jerusalem's
Binyanei Ha'uma on Monday, was attended by roshei yeshivos,
rabbonim, dayanim, admorim public figures and friends of Orot
Hatshuvah from Eretz Yisroel and abroad. The central dinner
included a show of appreciation for HaRav Biton and his many
efforts to increase kvod Shomayim during the past 18
years.
The hachnosas sefer Torah on Tuesday began at HaRav
Biton's home with the completion of the six sifrei
Torah written in memory of the six million holy
kedoshim killed during the Holocaust and was followed
by a ceremony to mark the posting of the mezuzas at
the new beis medrash.
