Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen

Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen, is a major Orthodox yeshiva in the United States based in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York. It is primarily an American, Lithuanian-style Talmudic yeshiva. The Yeshiva is legally titled Rabbinical Seminary of America (RSA). It is often referred to as just Chofetz Chaim (Hebrew:חָפֵץ חַיִּים‎), as that was the nickname of its namesake, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagan, who was known as the Chofetz Chaim, after the name of his book with the same title. Chofetz Chaim means "Seeker/Desirer [of] Life" in Hebrew. The book concentrates on the Jewish religious laws of proper speech.