Complex sentence: Chaverim was started in Monsey, in Rockland County, New York, by Rabbi Shaya Erps, A member of Rockland Hatzoloh and teacher in the local YSV Yeshivah, In 1999, followed shortly by kiryas yoel Chaveirim, and then Lakewood and Brooklyn.
Split into simpler sentences: Chaverim was started in 1999 in Monsey, Rockland County New York, by Rabbi Shaya Erps, A member of Rockland Hatzoloh and teacher in the local YSV Yeshivah. It was shortly followed by kiryas yoel Chaveirim, and then Lakewood and Brooklyn.