 He was also serving as Senior Rabbi at the Herzlia-Adas Yeshurun Synagogue, which hosted the school.The school combined Judaic, Hebrew and general studies, emphasizing Torah values and Zionism.Ohr HaTorah was funded by parents' tuition, the Manitoba Education Ministry, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, and Torah Umesorah, a national Jewish organization in the United States that had developed Jewish schools in North America since 1944.