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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 school in Johannesburg, 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... to cultivate students to reach personal excellence, and to be responsible members of society." 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." Kodesh studies 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 follows the national and provincial standards, and students are fully prepared for writing "Matric"; pass rate are generally very high, and students often achieve competitively in these exams.

The main campus, purchased in 1980, comprises a stone building with stained glass windows on approximately 11 acres (45,000 m) 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, serving the (Chabad) community in that area of Johannesburg, is also on campus.

See also

• 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

References

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External links

• Torah Academy School Website
• chabad.org Listing

• Hasidic Judaism in Africa
• Orthodox yeshivas in South Africa
• Chabad schools
• Schools in Johannesburg
• Jews and Judaism in Johannesburg
• Private schools in Gauteng
• Jewish schools in South Africa