Yeshivas Toras Chesed

Name

Yeshivas Toras Chesed⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Address:

118 Cazenove Road, Stamford Hill, London N16⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

(Location: Cazenove Road, runs east for half mile from the road Stamford Hill (A10), reaching the A107 where Upper Clapton Road becomes Clapton Common.)

Current Status:

Active (a current registered charity - see below)

Date Formed:

Formed in about 2009,^(iv) when the Yeshivas Toras Chessed of Great Offley, near Hitchin, relocated to Stamford Hill, due to the deteriarating health of the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi A. Sh. Stern.

However, the yeshiva appears to have been situated in Cazenove Road prior to the move to Great Offley in about 1990.^(v)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Strictly Orthodox - Satmar Chassidish

Affiliation:

Associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC)^(vi).

Rab and Rosh Yeshiva:

Rabbi A.S. Stern - in about 2009^(ix)

Rabbi Chaim Y. Babad - from about 2009^(x)

Dispute:

Following the death of Rabbi A.S. Stern, shortly after the relocation of the yeshiva from Great Offley to Stamford Hill, there was a dispute between current Rabbi Chaim Y. Babad and the children of Rabbi A.S. Stern regarding the leadership of the Toras Chessed yeshiva. The Din Torah (religious court) awarded the leadership to Rabbi Babad. There was also a dispute regarding control of the land in Great Offley, where the yeshiva had previously been situated and where a yeshiva had been established by Rabbi A.S. Stern's brother. See here.

Membership Data:

National Reports and Surveys^(xi)

2010 and 2016 - congregation listed but details of membership were not provided.

Legal and Charitable Status:^(xii)

The congregation is a registered (non-profit) company, Yeshivas Toras Chesed (company no. 07954378), a private company limited by guarantee without share capital and with use of 'Limited' exemption (and was previously known as Yeshivas Toras Chesed Limited until 18 January 2017). It was incorporated on 17 February 2012.

It is also a registered charity (no. 1168328), registered on 20 July 2016.

The governing documents are the company's Memorandum & Articles of Association.

Charitable Objects:

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION, INCLUDING BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A YESHIVA KNOWN AS YESHIVAS TORAS CHESED AND BY THE PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND STUDY AT SUCH YESHIVA OR ELSEWHERE IN SUCH MANNER AND BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT; AND THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

Local Government District:

In common with most of the Greater Stamford Hill area, Cazenove Road is in the London Borough of Hackney, an Inner London Borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.
The North London district of Stamford Hill, extending into Upper Clapton, parts of Stoke Newington, and some other adjoining areas, include the largest concentration of Haredi Jews in Europe.

Registration District (BMD):

Hackney (since at least 1 July 1979) - Link to Register Office website

Cemetery
Information:

For Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the UOHC