Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim (Queens, N.Y.)

Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim is a Haredi (ultra-orthodox) yeshiva located in Kew Garden Hills, Queens, New York City. The yeshiva also has a kollel, and operates in conjunction with its high school Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun which is located next door to Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim. The Rosh Yeshiva (dean) is Rabbi Doniel Lander and the Rosh Kollel is Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovici. Both are former students of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik of Yeshiva University. The yeshiva building is prominently located on Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills. The building is noted for its exterior, which is primarily made of Jerusalem stone (so named for being both common and legally required for construction in Jerusalem) imported from Israel specifically for the building. Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman serves as mashgiach ruchani of the yeshiva. He is a senior member of the Emunas Yisroel branch of chassidim and was known for his close relationship with the branch's founder and leader, Rabbi Moshe Wolfson. Rabbi Mordechai Krauss was one of the Roshei Yeshiva until his death in 2016. He was a student of Rabbi Binyomin Paler and Rabbi Berel Soloveitchik.