The Moshe Yehudah Institute was established in 1997 in memory of Moshe Yehudah Orlofsky. Throughout his life Moshe Yehudah worked to further Jewish education and to engender a spirit of service to his community and the Jewish people in general. His efforts were recognized by the Orthodox Union and the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County who bestowed honors upon him, but most of his acts of kindness and charity went unnoticed, since he strove for anonymity in his good works.

The Moshe Yehudah institute maintains his legacy by spreading Torah internationally through; educational events, recorded shiurim and educational writings.