Draft:Brunoy Yeshiva

Brunoy Yeshiva (Yechiva Tomhei Temimim Loubavitch de Brunoy) is a Chabad yeshiva in Brunoy, France. The yeshiva is known for it's advanced level of learning. Shabbos Kestenbaum has refered to it as the "Harvard" of Yeshivas.

History
A group of refugees from the Lubavitch yeshiva in Russia escaped Antisemitism in the Soviet Union with false polish documents. In 1946, they travelled through Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Germany, until they finally came to Brunoy. The Yeshiva was founded in 1947 by the Frierdiker Rebbe.

Since 1985, The "Amis de la Yeshiva Tom'hei Tmimim Loubavitch de Brunoy" has published "Tradition = Massorah".

Notable students include: Rabbi Nissan Nemanov, Rabbi Yosef Goldberg, and Yisroel Noach Belinitzki. Nemanov later became the mashpia of the yeshiva. The Baba Sali would travel to the Brunoy Yeshiva as the guest of Nemanov each year to prepare for the high holidays.

In addition to the regular track of learning, Brunoy Yeshiva takes in post high school students who typically learn for a year before returning to different abroad programs.

The Brunoy yeshiva has also hosted the Tanya Chidon, a test covering the scope of the entire Tanya. The semifinalists are tested questions orally, while the finalists take a written test.

In 2022 there were 350 students at the Brunoy Yeshiva.