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Lakewood, NJ
Information last updated July 19, 2026
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Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG) in Lakewood, New Jersey is the largest yeshiva in America and one of the largest in the world, serving thousands of undergraduate and kollel talmidim. Founded by Rav Aharon Kotler zt"l in 1943, BMG is the center of the Lakewood Torah community and a primary destination for advanced beis medrash and kollel learning.
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