 The Yeshiva purchased a building at 6040 Drexel Road in Overbrook in August 1955 and expanded its dormitories, eating facilities, classrooms, and library.In 1955, Rabbi Schwartzman left the yeshiva and was replaced by Rabbi Elya Svei.From 1965 until 1985 Rabbi Yisrael Mendel Kaplan was one of the yeshiva's senior lecturers.