Founded in 2006 to ensure continuous Torah study in the city. Now independently operated under Young Israel of Houston.  Kollel of Houston Torah Center (Originally founded as the Beis Medrash Program) is the Rabbinic Scholars Residency Division of TORCH. The goal of this project was to have a constant study of Torah in our city. This group of young, talented rabbi’s learn torah all day. In early 2011, this division became an independently run and operated organization, under the auspices of Young Israel of Houston, and led by Rosh Kollel, Rabbi Shlomo Littman of Lakewood, New Jersey.