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Torah Academy School, Johannesburg

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The Torah Academy
Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Information
Type	Independent, Single-sex educational, Day School
Religious affiliation(s)	Jewish (Chabad Lubavitch)
Dean	Rabbi D. Hazdan
Enrollment	K-12
Website	www.torahacademy.co.za

The Torah Academy is a Chabad Jewish day schoolinJohannesburg, South Africa. It comprises a boys' high school, a girls' high school (on a separate campus), a primary school and a nursery school. The Mission of the school is to "provide and promote the highest quality Jewish and general education to a diverse community of Jewish children... [and] to cultivate students to reach personal excellence, and to be responsible members of society."^[1] Although the school is Chassidic Orthodox, families of all levels of observance are welcomed.

The school provides a Kodesh (Jewish Studies) curriculum "combined with a strong secular studies program within a single framework."^[2] Kodesh studies^[3] comprise Torah (Chumash, Navi, Mishna and Talmud), Halacha (Jewish law), Hebrew language, and Jewish History; at the Boy's High School, studies are within a Mesivta environment. The secular program^[4] follows the national and provincial standards,^[5] and students are fully prepared for writing "Matric";^[6] pass rate are generally very high,^[7] and students often achieve competitively in these exams.^[8][9]

The main campus,^[10] purchased in 1980, comprises a stone building with stained glass windows on approximately 11 acres (45,000 m²) of lawns and gardens, playing fields, including netball, basketball and soccer fields, recreational facilities, classrooms, a computer/media centre, science laboratory, and a pre-school department. On campus there is also "Lubavitch House", which contains the offices of the dean and administrator, with boardrooms, a printing room, and a dining room and kitchen. The Torah Academy Shul,^[11] serving the (Chabad) community in that area of Johannesburg, is also on campus.

See also[edit]

• Jewish education in South Africa under History of the Jews in South Africa
• Lubavitch Yeshiva Gedolah of Johannesburg
• Rabbinical College of South Africa
• Beth Rivkah § Other secondary schools

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External links[edit]

• Torah Academy School Website
• chabad.org Listing