Yeshivat Tikun Ha'midot is a yeshiva designed for Ba'alei Teshuva which was established by our Rebbe, the great Rabbi Yosef Shubeli, may he merit a long and healthy life, following the path of the holy of holies, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, may his merits protect us.

The Yeshiva's goal is to direct us on the pure and holy path of our saintly faithers and Rabbis, may they rest is peace, through: teaching about true, clear faith and belief in the Creator of the world, character refinement through crushing evil traits and exhonorating good traits in order that the mirroring traits in Heaven are corrected, sticking to the Tzaddikim and living in their shadow, traveling to the graves of holy Tzaddikim for praying, and learning and spreading Torah. All of this is in order to 'raise the Shechina from the dust' - restore G-d's holy presence in the world so that she can be pure like a bride for her groom.

We are thankful to Hashem, the Creator of the world, that gives us life and existence in this hard exile, and in Him we trust and love and recognize all the goodness He does for us, and that He merits us to draw close to his holy Torah and holy servants, specifically our master, teacher and Rabbi, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, may his merits protect us, and our beloved teacher and Rabbi, the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yosef Shubeli, may he merit long life.

The History of the Yeshiva

Kiryat Yam

Kiryat Yam, a city in Northern Israel, was established before the state itself. Despite its many years of existence, Kiryat Yam still lacked a yeshiva with a dormitory. The city had several synagoges, but never "ten who give up (of themselves)".

The term "ten who give up" is referred to in tractate Megillah. "What defines a city as big/established? One that has ten who give up". Ten who give up of themselves are ten people who separate themselves from the ways of the world and only concern themselves with the next world - meaning - they spend all day learning Torah and about fear of Heaven.

Between 1994-1996, and even before, there were harsh divine decrees on the city. Men were dying strangely and suddenly in accidents, being murdered, and there were various other pangs. Such was the situation until 1996, when our holy Yeshiva of Torah opened its doors. Once this sanctuary of fear of Heaven was established, the plague ceased.

The Yeshiva brought blessing to the city; yet, to our dismay, many still do not recognize this. Rather, many are opposed to the Yeshiva. The city's main engineer of Haifa is quoted as saying: "The method in which the city, Kiryat Yam, was established and built was not designed for Yeshivas" In spite of his anger, the city currently boasts several Yeshivas.

1997 - 5757

The Yeshiva opened in 1997 in a store in the main shopping center in Kiryat Yam which was donated by a very special philanthropist, Mr. Yitzchak Flass. Right away, the front store entrance was sealed off. The entrace is from the back and is adjacent to the caravan which is where the students reside.

There were many hardships in the beginning. In the cold winter, the thin walls of the caravan did not provide proper installation. The roof had leaks and pails were placed all over. At this point, there were still no showers or Mikveh and the students used to walk to Kiryat Shmuel, a walking distance of about twenty minutes, a few times a week in order to immerse.

The Rosh Yeshiva did not remain silent and searched out Mr. Yitzchak Flass to request that he further his good deed and provide the Yeshiva with a Mikveh, showers, and better living conditions. The search for Mr. Flass was on, but he was nowhere to be found. The Rosh Yeshiva, however, was adamant that he should immediately come to the Yeshiva.

The same week, Mr. Flass himself arrived at the Yeshiva and related the following. He traveled to immerse in the Mikveh of Shmaya and Avtalyon (pair of Tannaim during the Second Temple era) with several colleagues. Right after he immersed and lifted his head out of the water, the image of the Rosh Yeshiva appeared to him and commanded him to come to the Yeshiva at once. He was struck with fear and was confused as to whether it was real or imagined. Immediately, he set out for the Yeshiva to check if the Rosh Yeshiva had really been searching for him. After telling the Rosh Yeshiva what happened, the Rosh Yeshiva replied, "yes, I searched you out" and went on to explain the dire living situation of the students, what they have to go through to immerse and shower, and concluded with that the students need showers and a Mikveh.

Without delay, Mr. Flass began working on the plans. Neighboring the Yeshiva were old storagehouses which were once used by the stores. He cleared that area, brought an engineer and workers, and kept watch over them until they completed building. Miraculously, everything was completed in a week; the clearing of the storage, construction of the new residence, and construction of the Mikveh and showers within. Today, this place is still in use by the students as living quarters and includes a kitchen and dining room as well. It is 90 square meters in lenght.

Per the request of Mr. Flass, the Mikveh is named after the Tannaim, Shmaya and Avtalyon due to the miracle which occured to him there.

1999 - 5759

Thank G-d, the number of students grew and in 1999, the Yeshiva had to expand to another two caravans. Again, there was much opposition and locals turned to city council. City council, who supposedly aid residents, gladly showed up haughtily and with nerv with intention to clear out the caravans. Yet, we resisted. However, as we live in exile and are being ruled by forces from the 'other side', a declaration to destroy the caravans was drawn up. The mayor of the city ended up getting involved and had to show the residence that he was concerned for them and will remove the 'annoying' caravans. He promised us that in return he would provide for us a better, more organized place.

We kept our promise and cleared out the caravans; yet, the mayor 'forgot' about his despite the favors we did for him.

All their attempts proved fruitless, just like it says "the more you hit it, the more it will multiply". The more they embarass, oppose, and try to prevent us; the more we will rise and widen our borders. This is a main theme by Rebbe Nachman: opposition and dispute for a person are like water for them, which strenghtens and elevates them.

Thus, throughout the Yeshivas existence, it has firmly denied financial support from any government association and the like. In actuality, the government has only been a nuisance. We only rely on the one and only Hashem, and only He will save us.

2000 - 5760

In 2000, we connected the Beit Midrash (house of Torah study) with the adjoining caravan. Construction was also done in the dormitory and a kitchen was added. With thanks to Hashem, the student body continued to grow.

2001 - 5761

In 2001, the Rosh Yeshiva requested a wall be erected from the Beit Midrash to the dormitory, which were divided until this point, in order that there would be a total close off from the street. In the end, the Beit Midrash and dorms were united.

With the new wall came much uproar from the locals who claimed the wall was on their property. The head of city council, Mr. Padida, and the city engineer came to the Rosh Yeshiva complaining about the wall and demanding it come down. But, with thanks to Hashem, the wall still stands.

Additionally, the Yeshiva began printing books under "Netzachti V'enatzeach", their own publishing house. Seven Breslov books have been printed thus far. Thanks goes to Mr. Shimon Cohen who arranged all publishings through tremendous self-sacrifice. Hashem will reward him, amen. To view the Yeshiva's books, click here.

2003 - 5763

On Shavuot 2003, the Rosh Yeshiva requested that the married men in the Yeshiva move to a place of Torah. Within a few months, most of them moved to Elad (a completely religious city in Central Israel) along with the Rosh Yeshiva and his family.

The central location for the single students and the main branch remains in Kiryat Yam. Even though the Rosh Yeshiva himself moved to Elad, most of his time is spent teaching in Kiryat Yam. He lectures four times a week: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Several times a week, the married men travel to Kiryat Yam to hear these lectures.

Also during 2003, the Yeshiva published the holy book "Chok Natan V'lo Ya'avor", a compilation of all Rebbe Nachman’s works divided into daily lessons designed to be covered over the course of a year. Click here for more on Chok Natan.

2004 - 5764

In Elad, the married students established a branch of the Yeshiva. Everything was self-funded, even though they were promised some funding from the city.

Hence, from the start of the Yeshiva until this point, it has never received any government or public endowments.

2005 - 5765

With thanks to Hashem, we slightly remodeled the Beit Midrash in Kiryat Yam and in Elad. Additionally, the Yeshiva's website went live.

The Yeshiva's Functions

Shabbat and holidays celebrated at the holy site of the burial place of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron.
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