The Pacific Torah Institute or PTI is an all-male yeshiva high school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The school is an affiliate of the Rabbinical Seminary of America or Chofetz Chaim yeshiva. The school is the only all-male yeshiva high school in the Pacific Northwest or Western Canada. The school was started in 2003 with 16 students in grades 8-10.
PTI is headed by three deans: Rabbi Noam Abramchik, Rabbi Aaron Kamin, and Rabbi Dovid Davidowitz. Rabbi Shalom Meltzer and Rabbi Hillel Brody assist the deans in their teaching. Academic studies are directed by Mr. Sandy Wohl (principal) and taught by a staff of four teachers. In 2010 PTI welcomed a new Rabbi to the Yeshiva, Rabbi Zev Davidowitz.
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