Bais Rivka
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Bais Rivka is a network of Beis Yaakov-type private girls' schools affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic
movement.
The main branch is in Crown Heights
, Brooklyn
and there are other branches around the world. The network of schools was founded in 1945 by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. Today there are about 60,000 students are enrolled in the schools.
The schools teach Judaic studies subjects in the mornings, and secular subjects in the afternoons.
Bais Rivka of Crown Heights has several divisions: Headstart, Elementary, High School, and Seminary. Campus Chomesh houses the Headstart and Elementary divisions at 470 Lefferts Avenue. Administration, High School, and Seminary are housed at the Crown Street Campus at 410 Crown Street.
The high school dress code consists of green pleated skirts, white blouses, and a school vest or sweater with the school logo.
The elementary dress code consists of navy skirts or jumpers, light blue blouses with navy collars & cuffs, and a school vest or sweater with the school logo.
Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
movement.
The main branch is in Crown Heights
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The main thoroughfare through this neighborhood is Eastern Parkway, a tree-lined boulevard designed by Frederick Law Olmsted extending two miles east-west.Originally, the area was known as Crow Hill....
, Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
and there are other branches around the world. The network of schools was founded in 1945 by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. Today there are about 60,000 students are enrolled in the schools.
The schools teach Judaic studies subjects in the mornings, and secular subjects in the afternoons.
Bais Rivka of Crown Heights has several divisions: Headstart, Elementary, High School, and Seminary. Campus Chomesh houses the Headstart and Elementary divisions at 470 Lefferts Avenue. Administration, High School, and Seminary are housed at the Crown Street Campus at 410 Crown Street.
The high school dress code consists of green pleated skirts, white blouses, and a school vest or sweater with the school logo.
The elementary dress code consists of navy skirts or jumpers, light blue blouses with navy collars & cuffs, and a school vest or sweater with the school logo.