Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary

Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad West Coast Talmudical Seminary (YOEC) is a yeshiva college in Los Angeles, California. It is the largest yeshiva college on the West Coast of the United States.^[1]

The yeshiva also houses a private boys high school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, called Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad High School.^[2]

The seminary is affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.^[3] The seminary's four-year Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Rabbinical Studies is accredited by the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation^[4] The degree has a strong emphasis of Philosophy, Jewish Law, Talmudic analytics, Ethics, and Rabbinic literature.

Rabbi Ezra Schochet, scholar and Talmudist, has held the position of dean since the yeshiva's founding in 1977.^[3]

In 2003 the yeshiva underwent a $5 million renovation, adding 35,000 square feet (3,300 m²) of space for dormitories, study rooms, and study hall.^[3]

The Yeshiva also prints periodically a Pilpulim, a collection of the students original Torah thoughts and novelle, called kovetz Migdal Ohr.