 After serving as "mashgiach ruchani" in Yeshivas Chafetz Chaim in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for 22 years, Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg decided to open his own yeshiva, with the assistance of his brother, Rabbi Shmuel Scheinberg, and his son-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Dov Altusky.Torah Ore opened in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in 1960.The yeshiva opened with six students and grew steadily, enrolling many local Sephardi boys who were attracted by Scheinberg's Torah knowledge and warmth.