Yeshiva expected to move its school and students from NY to former M'kor Shalom in Cherry Hill.

A Lakewood-based Jewish educational organization wants to move its school in New York state to the former M'kor Shalom synagogue property in Cherry Hill this fall.

Yeshiva Shaar Hatalmud would buy the M'kor Shalom property and close its Hillburn, New York, school by October.

The anticipated 100 students, the college and dormitory would move into the former synagogue at 850 Evesham Road, near the Marlton and Voorhees borders, according to an application with the Planning Board. Hillburn is located in western Rockland County, which is just north of New York City.

The Yeshiva that is located in Lakewood, Ocean County, has 160 students and would continue to operate, according to documents filed with the application.

A Cherry Hill Community Development Department review letter on July 25 noted that the Yeshiva and dormitory are permitted uses for the property. The Yeshiva seeks a site-plan waiver for a change of use from the Planning Board. The application is on the agenda for the board meeting on Monday, August 1.

No exterior improvements of the M'kor Shalom building are anticipated, but the interior will be renovated, the report states.

The Yeshiva would have 27 student dorm rooms and four staff suites, with a total of nine bedrooms, according to the applicant's operations report.

Congregation M'kor Shalom and Congregation Temple Emanuel, at Springdale and Kresson Roads, in June merged into Congregation Kol Ami, which took over the Temple Emanuel building.

The M'kor Shalom property has been subdivided, with Public Service Electric & Gas Co. planning an electrical substation on the formerly wooded part of the site. Congregation Kol Ami leaders in early July told 70and73.com they were in negotiations to sell the synagogue part of the property.

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Yeshiva Shaar Hatalmud was founded 15 years ago by Rabbi Avraham Bromberg, the application states.

Yeshiva students "are young men, ages 18 through 21, who engage in a two- to three-year program wherein they each receive a degree, equivalent to a college degree, at the conclusion," the applicant states.

"Students begin the day at 7:30 a.m. with morning prayer, followed by breakfast. The students then engage in morning sessions from 9:30 a.m. through 2 p.m., which consists of learning different areas of the Jewish religion with a partner and through lecture," according to the Yeshiva's operations report filed with the Township.

After lunch and a break, "afternoon sessions begin at 3:30 until 6:30 p.m., again through pair learning and lecture. The students then eat dinner and evening sessions take place from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m."

The operations report stated six educational staff members will be on site in addition to a chief rabbi. 

The Yeshiva said a "cook will be present on site from breakfast through dinner, and will hire a few additional staff to assist with his or her needs. The cook will not live on site."

Students are not permitted to have cars with them, the report notes. Every five to six weeks the students are given the weekend off and will be bused off the property, it adds.