The yeshiva's name is derived from the verse in Proverbs: Ki ner mitzvah vTorah ore ("For the commandment is a lamp and the Torah is light").

[5][6] The yeshiva opened with six students and grew steadily, enrolling many local Sephardi boys who were attracted by Scheinberg's Torah knowledge and warmth.

[7] Torah Ore was known both for its in-depth learning and the personal care extended to students by the rosh yeshiva and his wife, Bessie.

Though Scheinberg was skeptical about relocating his family and his American yeshiva to Israel, he made a pilot trip to tour the development and decided that it could work.

[10] Rav Scheinberg reestablished the Torah Ore yeshiva in the Diskin Orphanage building in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul neighborhood.

[5] His only son, Rabbi Simcha Scheinberg, succeeded him as rosh yeshiva of Torah Ore.[11] The student body is divided into 24 chaburas (learning groups), of which 12 convene in the morning and 12 in the afternoon.