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Help requested in search of family mystery

Long story short, my great uncle – Jack Parker (who is now deceased) who was a real estate tycoon supposedly built a yeshiva. Only after his passing did my family discover some letters written to his parents from the rosh yeshiva – Rav Eliyahu Geldzhaler. My great uncle kept this a secret until we discovered some documents connecting him to the yeshiva after he had passed away.

The story I’ve heard is as follows: a rav was collecting money to build a new yeshiva, and he passed a construction site where he met my great uncle who was the architect of the building. My great uncle offered to pay for and build the entire yeshiva for the rav.

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I would like to visit the yeshiva one day, but I can’t seem to find which one it is. I want to be absolutely certain that I am visiting the right one, so any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

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