In 1977,[2] the Ohr Somayach yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel established an American campus in Yonkers, New York.

After two years,[3] Rabbi Ezriel Tauber together with a group of lay leaders purchased land in Monsey, New York to service a full-time Judaic learning center.

However, under the leadership of Ohr Somayach alumnus Rabbi Yosef Simon, and under the guidance of some of the former leadership of Ohr Somayach, a new organization called Toras Dovid now operates a yeshiva for ba'alei tshuva, as well as a kollel for ba'alei tshuva.

For more advanced students, higher-level classes were offered with the aim of acquiring the skills for self-sufficient Talmud study.

The yeshiva is located in Monsey, New York on a 10-acre (40,000 m2) campus which includes a beit midrash and a residence facility.