Mercaz HaTorah is a Lithuanian-style (non-hasidic) Orthodox yeshiva located in the Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem.
The yeshiva caters primarily to students from the English-speaking world.
Rottman founded Mercaz HaTorah in 1970[2] as a post-high school institute for Judaic and Talmudic legal studies.
The yeshiva started with 15 students in a two-story building in the Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem.
[3] Students are from the English-speaking world, with most coming from the United States.