Yeshiva Torah Vodaas
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Yeshiva Torah Vodaas (or Mesivta Torah Vodaas) is a Charedi yeshiva located in Brooklyn, New York, founded by Binyamin Wilhelm, author of Nidchei Yisroel (a guide for new Jewish immigrants). The yeshiva was headed in its earliest years by Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, who insisted that he be addressed as "Mr. Mendlowitz".
One of the current Rosh Yeshivas is Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, who is also a posek for the Orthodox Union. Rabbi Belsky is the son of Rabbi Dov Beryl Belsky, and Chana Wilhelm Belsky, the daughter of Binyamin Wilhelm.
Some well-known rabbis affiliated with this yeshiva have included Rabbis Avraham Yaakov Pam, Shlomo Heiman (who was Rosh Yeshiva until his death in 1945), Yaakov Kaminetsky, Gedalia Schorr, and Reuvain Grozovsky.
Other Rabbis associated with the early days of what is formally known as Yeshiva & Mesivta Torah Vodaath (425 East 9th Street, Brooklyn) are Rav Chaim Yechezkel Moseson (who was also involved in the early days of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Yeshiva of Brooklyn, Yeshiva Tifereth YerushoLaYim) and Rav Mordechai Eliyahu Finkelstein.
As was noted in a 5764 printed correction, "It is impossible to give credit to everyone involved in such a large Mosad, as no one knows every detail of the history."
At least two sources (one of which adds the name Rabbi Zev Gold to the above names) make note of the use of Hebrew prior to the redirection to Yiddish by Reb Shraga Feivel.
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