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Yeshiva Etzion is a Haredi yeshiva located in Briarwood, Queens, New York City. The yeshiva is a kollel. The Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Avraham Gaon a talmid of Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Haim

The yeshiva building is prominently located in Briarwood at the Young Israel of Briawrwood. The building is noted for its long history in Queens.

History
Yeshivas Etzion was founded in 2003. Its first location was in Kew Garden Hills. As the yeshiva continued to grow and attract more students, it needed to move to a bigger location. Soon after the yeshiva had moved to Hillcrest, NY. The yeshiva moved again from 2010-2019 to Fresh Meadows. Currently the yeshiva is at the Young Israel of Briarwood.

Rosh HaYeshiva
The Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Avraham Gaon a talmid of Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Haim. For years he was part of the Queens Bet Din as a Dayan (judge). In his years at the Bet Din he witnessed many people coming with personal matters to resolve through the court. This made him realize that there needs to a place for people to come and learn to educate the next generation to avoid the same mistakes. He started Yeshiva Etzion to help guide students to become true Torah scholars while being able to navigate in the world. He believes that Torah study should not be limited to those who can pay and made his yeshiva tuition free for anyone to learn.