The yeshiva's first location was at Thirtieth and Berks Streets in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia.

[2] The yeshiva purchased a building at 6040 Drexel Road in Overbrook in August 1955 and expanded its dormitories, eating facilities, classrooms, and library.

Many of its graduates choose to continue to other yeshivas and higher places of Jewish learning.

Historically, a minority of students continue their studies in undergraduate and graduate schools across the United States.

Rav Avrohom Golombeck served as the institution's mashgiach until his passing in July 2008.