"Talmud College to Open Here"
The Jewish Encyclopedia
of Western Pennsylvania
A project of the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
The Talmudical College and Mesivta of Pittsburgh (also known as Yeshiva Gedola d’Pittsburgh) was an institution of higher Jewish learning focused on Talmud study.
The Talmudical College opened September 1967 to provide university level courses in traditional Talmud study. The school later added a Mesivta for high school students. The school closed around 1975. It was succeeded as a local institute of higher Jewish learning in 1976 by the new Kollel Bais Yitzchok Institute for Advanced Torah Studies.
Talmudical College and Mesivta of Pittsburgh led by Rosh Yeshiva (Dean) Rabbi Yitzchak Alster and Nassi Hakavod (Honorary Dean) Rabbi Isaac Hutner. The school used the facilities of Shaare Zedeck Congregation on Bartlett Street in Squirrel Hill.
