Kesser Shem Tov Award
כתר שם טוב
For Excellence in Middos and Derech Eretz
In order to inspire our talmidim to reach greater heights in the area of Bein Adam Lchaveiro, the Torah Communications Network is Sponsoring a nationwide campaign. The Torah Communications Network will present a gift plus a beautiful gold certificate to each School Middos Winner. Each school will be selected by the Yeshiva Principal in consultation with the Rabbeim and teachers. The name of each school winner must be submitted no later than May 1st.
Previous Winners
2023 Yeshiva
2022 Yeshiva
2021 Yeshiva
2019 Yeshiva
2018 Yeshiva
2023 Yeshiva
| Yeshiva | Winners |
|---|---|
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles – Calabasas, CA | Ari Spira |
| YULA High School – Los Angeles, CA | Jacob Sostchen |
| Chabad Hebrew Academy – San Diego, CA | Akiva Halevy |
| Yeshiva Toras Chaim – Miami, FL | Daniel Heiney |
| Fasman Yeshiva High School – Skokie, IL | Azriel Aberman |
| Hasten Hebrew Academy – Indianapolis, IN | Bo Yaari |
| Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim – Baltimore, MD | Daniel Schwartz |
| Akiva Simcha Rosenstock | |
| Shlomo Liskovich | |
| Torah Academy of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN | Chaim Yosef Goldberger |
| Jewish Education Center – Elizabeth, NJ | Michayel Cornick |
| Hillel Yeshiva High School – Ocean, NJ | Morris Elbaum |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech – Brooklyn, NY | Aharon Rosenfeld |
| Shia Weiss | |
| Yeshiva of Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY | Shmuel Shiminov |
| Yeshivat Or Hatorah- Brooklyn, NY | Simon Khallouf |
| Shlomo Marashli | |
| HAFTR – Cedarhurst, NY | Abraham Lent |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Queens – Flushing, NY | Dovid Maybruch |
| Elisha Benchaim | |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe – Kew Gardens, NY | Eliezer Jakubovics |
| ASHAR – New City, NY | Moshe Abboudi |
| MTJ – New York, NY | Azi Jacobs |
| Eliyahu Simcha Turkel | |
| Yeshiva of Rochester – Rochester, NY | Refael Dovid Ohayon |
| Rabbi Jacob Joseph School – Staten Island, NY | Chananya Rudman |
| Chaim Nuta Schonfeld | |
| Yeshiva of Staten Island – Staten Island, NY | Yitzchok Raz |
| Yeshiva of Spring Valley – Suffern, NY | Yehuda Diskind |
| Stein Yeshiva – Yonkers, NY | Sholom Bereznyak |
| Moshe Chaim Salvay | |
| Hebrew Academy of Nassau County – Uniondale, NY | Yishai Kaufman |
| Scranton Hebrew Day School – Scranton, PA | Moshe Chaim Goldstein |
| Yeshiva Aish Kodesh – Norfolk, VA | Mordechai Feinzeig |
| Yeshiva Elementary School – Milwaukee, WI | Shimon Baumann |
2022 Yeshiva
| Yeshiva | Winners |
|---|---|
| Mesiva of Greater Los Angeles – Calabasas, CA | Ohr Yosef Schwartz |
| YULA High School – Los Angeles, CA | Michael Nagel |
| Chabad Hebrew Academy – San Diego, CA | Reuven Goodman |
| Yeshiva Toras Chaim – N. Miami Beach, FL | Dovid Alber |
| Fasman Yeshiva High School – Chicago, IL | Duvi Schwimmer |
| Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim – Baltimore, MD | Gavriel Noff |
| Moshe Szendro | |
| Nechemia Gelberman | |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington – Silver Spring, MD | Levi Bean |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Mordechai – Southfield, MI | Eliyahu Schechter |
| Torah Acadmey of Minneapolis- Minneapolis, MN | Michoel Sklare |
| Jewish Educational Center – Elizabeth, NJ | Daniel Permyak |
| Hillel High School – Ocean, NJ | Isaac Mizrahi |
| Yeshiva Ohel Moshe – Brooklyn, NY | Avrohom Sternfeld |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech – Brooklyn, NY | Boruch Dov Ziemba |
| Shlomo Yitzchok Perelson | |
| Yeshivat Or Hatorah – Brooklyn, NY | Yitzchak Yosef |
| Yosef Alhalabi | |
| Yeshiva of Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY | Eliyahu Malaiev |
| HAFTR – Cedarhurst, NY | Corey Listman |
| Siach Yitzchak – Far Rockaway, NY | Yisrael Karpman |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Queens – Flushing, NY | Aryeh Leib Richter |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe – Kew Gardens, NY | Henach Minkowich |
| Rambam Mesivta – Lawrence, NY | Ilan Kinsberg |
| ASHAR – New City, NY | Dovy Schreiber |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan – New York, NY | Moshe Trapedo |
| Yeshivah of Staten Island – Staten Island, NY | Aharon Dov Lefton |
| Rabbi Jacob Joseph – Staten Island, NY | Henach Ettinger |
| Yisroel Baruch Friedman | |
| Yeshiva of Spring Valley – Suffern, NY | Avigdor Stengel |
| Stein Yeshiva – Yonkers, NY | Dovid Benson |
| Scranton Hebrew Day School – Scranton, PA | Moshe Goldberg |
| Yeshiva Aish Kodesh – Norfolk, VA | Chaim Schoenfeld |
| Yeshiva Elemantary School – Milwuakee, WI | Mordechai Gavriel Eisenbach |
2021 Yeshiva
| Yeshiva | Winners |
|---|---|
| Mesiva of Greater Los Angeles – Calabasas, CA | Shaya Solomon |
| YULA High School – Los Angeles, CA | Aryeh Hirt |
| Yeshiva Toras Chaim – N. Miami Beach, FL | Akiva Blum |
| Fasman Yeshiva High School – Chicago, IL | Gavriel Tzvi Warso |
| Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim – Baltimore, MD | Bentzion Danziger |
| Avraham Liebes | |
| Dovid Katzenstein | |
| Torah Prep School – St. Louis, MO | Eliyahu Kula |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Mordechai – Southfield, MI | Yehuda Bausk |
| Torah Acadmey of Minneapolis- Minneapolis, MN | Moshe Kalatsky |
| Jewish Educational Center – Elizabeth, NJ | Ethan Thurm |
| Shalom Torah Academy – Morganville, NJ | Dani Fromm |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech – Brooklyn, NY | Yaakov Eliezer Kaplan |
| Yosef Elimelech Schron | |
| Zev Halberthal | |
| Yeshivat Or Hatorah – Brooklyn, NY | Yehoshua Allaham |
| Shaul Baghadadi | |
| Hebrew Acadamy of the Five Towns – Cedarhurst, NY | Caleb Joshua Goldstein |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Queens – Flushing, NY | Binyamin Frankel |
| Rambam Mesivta – Lawrence, NY | Binyamin Werner |
| ASHAR – New City, NY | Yitzy Cenorowitz |
| Yeshiva Telshe Alumni – Riverdale, NY | Shmuel Moshe Myers |
| Yeshiva of Rochester – Rochester, NY | Avrohom Yaakov Mermelstein |
| MTJ – New York, NY | Yisroel Meir Rosenberg |
| Rabbi Jacob Joseph School – Staten Island, NY | Dovid Reuven Gutterman |
| Nechemia Maccabee | |
| Yeshiva of Spring Valley – Suffern, NY | Zevi Jacobs |
| Stein Yeshiva – Yonkers, NY | Yiftach Al Qafri |
| Yeshiva Derech Hatorah – Cleveland OH | Dovid Heinemann |
| Menachem Klein | |
| Simcha Yehoshua Levovitz | |
| Yisroel Moldaver | |
| Avraham Yeshaya Reich | |
| Sholom Nosson Schnurmann | |
| Scranton Hebrew Day School – Scranton, PA | Yehuda Naftali Kaplan |
| Torah Day School of Dallas – Dallas, TX | Chaim Zev Epstein |
| Yeshiva Elementary School – Milwaukee, WI | Simcha Devorkin |
2019 Yeshiva
| Yeshiva | Winners |
|---|---|
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles – Calabasa, CA | Aharon Azoulay |
| YULA Boys High School – Los Angeles, CA | Oren Rimmon |
| Chabad Hebrew Academy – San Diego, CA | Tzvi Ezagui |
| Yeshiva Toras Chaim – N. Miami Beach, FL | Yosef Bleier |
| Fasman Yeshiva High School – Skokie, IL | Zachary Freed |
| Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim – Baltimore, MD | Binyamin Malitzky, Yaakov Levenbrown, Elisha Zarabian |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Mordechai – Oak Park, MI | Dovid Feiertag |
| Torah Academy of Minneapolis – Minneapolis, MN | Shmuel Tzvi Prero |
| Lubavitch Cheder Day School – St. Paul, MN | Yeshaya Feller |
| Yeshivat Kadimah High School – St. Louis, MO | Noam Fendelman |
| Torah Prep School – St. Louis, MO | Yehuda Hermelin |
| Jewish Educational Center – Elizabeth, NJ | Michael Lowinger |
| Shalom Torah Academy – Morganville, NJ | Avi Goodman |
| Hillel Yeshiva High School – Ocean, NJ | Brian Haimowitz |
| Yeshiva of Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY | Mordechai Hirsch |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech – Brooklyn, NY | Elya Dov Glucksman, Boruch Davydov |
| Yeshivat Or Hatorah – Brooklyn, NY | Moshe Smeke |
| Yeshivat Or Hatorah High School – Brooklyn, NY | Abraham Halabieh, Shlomo Kada |
| HAFTR – Cedarhurst, NY | Benjamin Horowitz |
| Yeshiva Ketana Zichron Chaim U’bina of Queens – Fresh Meadows, NY | Yehuda Aryeh Teichman |
| Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun – Flushing, NY | Shimmy Schepansky |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe – Kew Gardens, NY | Rafael Aryeh |
| Shaarei Arazim – Monsey, NY | Gershon Kurinets, Dovid Epstein |
| ASHAR – New City, NY | Moishe Koenig |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan – New York, NY | Pinchas Tanchum Soloveichik |
| Talmudical Institute of Upstate NY – Rochester, NY | Baruch Abrahamson |
| Rabbi Jacob Joseph School – Staten Island, NY | Mordechai Shmuel Weiss |
| Yeshivah of Staten Island – Staten Island, NY | Yaakov A. Weiner |
| Yeshiva of Spring Valley – Suffern, NY | Yakov Yuhanan |
| Stein Yeshiva of Lincoln Park – Yonkers, NY | Volvy Klein |
| Scranton Hebrew Day School – Scranton, PA | Yosef Brummel |
| Providence Hebrew Day School – Providence, RI | Shmuel Rosenthal |
| Margolin Hebrew Academy – Memphis, TN | Asher Kirshtein |
| Yeshiva Elementary School – Milwaukee, WI | Yehoshua Moshe Bergman |
2018 Yeshiva
| Yeshiva | Winners |
|---|---|
| Mesivta of Greater Los Angeles – Calabasas, CA | Chaim Zanvil Berkowitz |
| YULA Boys High School – Los Angeles, CA | Shlomo Silberberg |
| Yeshivat Yavneh – Los Angeles, CA | Ari Eliezrie |
| Yeshiva Toras Chaim – N. Miami Beach, FL | Simcha Shaffren |
| Yeshiva Toras Chaim High School – N. Miami Beach, FL | Yitzchok Lipschutz, Avraham Cohen |
| Torah Day School of Atlanta – Atlanta, GA | Moshe Yehuda Golding, Yehuda Pollock |
| Fasman Yeshiva High School – Skokie, IL | Doni Miretzky |
| Hasten Hebrew Academy – Indianapolis, IN | Avi Klein |
| Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim – Baltimore, MD | Aryeh Goldberger, Meir Altshuler, Dovid Buchwalter |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington – Silver Spring, MD | Yakov Robinson |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Mordechai – Oak Park, MI | Yaakov Ishakis |
| Torah Academy – St. Louis Park, MN | Naftali Friedler |
| Torah Prep School – St. Louis, MN | Moshe Swidler |
| Jewish Educational Center – Elizabeth, NJ | Yehoshua Coan |
| Yeshiva Keser Torah – Lakewood, NJ | Benny Wolf |
| Ma’or Yeshiva – Long Branch, NJ | Jacob Sitt |
| Hillel Yeshiva High School – Ocean, NJ | Maor Zion |
| Ohr Temimim of Buffalo – Amherst, NY | Aharon Munitz |
| Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni – Bronx, NY | Moshe Lawrence |
| Oholei Torah – Brooklyn, NY | Chanoch Eidelman |
| Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel – Brooklyn, NY | Mutti Laniado |
| Yesiva of Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY | Hillel Berenshteyn |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Eliemlech – Brooklyn, NY | Simcha Wolfson, Yeruchom Bromberg |
| Yeshivat Or Hatorah – Brooklyn, NY | Yaakov Alhalabi |
| Yeshivah Ohel Moshe – Brooklyn, NY | Yakov Nisenoff |
| HAFTR – Cedarhurst, NY | Asher Bitterman |
| Talmud Torah Siach Yitzchok- Far Rockaway, NY | Moshe Zisha Gluck, Menachem Richtman |
| Yeshiva Ketana Zichron Chaim U’bina of Queens – Fresh Meadows, NY | Shalom Walfish |
| Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe – Kew Gardens, NY | Eliezer Wurem |
| Mesivta Shaarei Arazim – Monsey, NY | Moshe Benguigui |
| ASHAR – New City, NY | Aaron Korchnoy |
| Yeshiva Ketana of Manhattan – New York, NY | Mordechai Kazarnovsky |
| Yeshiva of Rochester – Rochester, NY | Aharon Saias |
| Yeshivah of Staten Island – Staten Island, NY | Moshe Rabinowitz |
| Rabbi Jacob Joseph School – Staten Island, NY | Dovid Surkis, Avrohom Grossman |
| Yeshiva of Spring Valley – Suffern, NY | Chaim Swiatycki |
| Stein Yeshiva of Lincoln Park – Yonkers, NY | Avraham Nechemya Eisen |
| Yeshivath Beth Moshe – Scranton, PA | Chanoch Edelson |
| Scranton Hebrew Day School – Scranton, PA | Ariel Selincourt |
| Providence Hebrew Day School – Providence, RI | Chaim Golden |
| Yeshiva Derech Hatorah – Cleveland Heights, OH | Yisroel Shamai Zimberg, Yisroel Zev Klein |
| Cooper Yeshiva High School – Memphis, TN | Shlomo Bosin |
| Torah Day School of Dallas – Dallas, TX | Mordechai Broodo |
| Yeshiva Elementary School – Milwaukee, WI | Yosef Tzvi Jarcaig |
