Ottawa Torah Institute


Ottawa Torah Institute was a yeshiva high school located in Ottawa, providing secular and Judaic education. Founded in 1982 as a boys' school, it was Ottawa's first full-time Jewish high school. In 1990 the high school expanded to include a girls' division, known as Machon Sarah. Graduates from Ottawa Torah Institute earned an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
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History

In 1981, Reuven Bulka brought a Jewish educational program from Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim to Machzikei Hadas synagogue. In 1982, this was followed by Rabbis Yisroel Morgenstern and Yaakov Deitsch of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim opening a Yeshiva High School for boys and establishing OTI as Ottawa's first full-time Jewish high school for boys.
Rabbi Eliezer Ben-Porat was head of school for twenty five years. The school was later run by the team of Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Harris and Rabbi Dovid Mandel. It was headed by Rabbi Baruch Dov Perton from 2018-2021. Rabbi Michael Fine then ended the 2021 school year; in 2022, Ottawa Torah Institute and Machon Sarah merged with the Torah Day School elementary. The high school is now known as Yeshiva High School of Ottawa.