Yashlatz (, acronym for ''Yeshivat Yerushalayim L’Tzeirim'', "Jerusalem Yeshiva for Youth") is a

religious Zionist Religious Zionism () is a religious denomination that views Zionism as a fundamental component of Orthodox Judaism. Its adherents are also referred to as ''Dati Leumi'' (), and in Israel, they are most commonly known by the plural form of the fi ...

yeshiva A yeshiva (; ; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel. The stu ...

high school in

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

. It was founded in 1964 by a student of the Orthodox rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook to teach teenage boys in the

Mercaz Harav Mercaz HaRav (officially, , "The Center of Rabbi ook- the Central Universal Yeshiva") is a national-religious ( Hardal) yeshiva in Jerusalem, founded in 1924 by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Located in the city's Kiryat Moshe neighbo ...

community.

Faculty

In the first fifteen years (1964–1979), Rabbi

Yaakov Filber Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...

, who founded the yeshiva served as the

Rosh Yeshiva Rosh yeshiva or Rosh Hayeshiva (, plural, pl. , '; Anglicized pl. ''rosh yeshivas'') is the title given to the dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and th ...

. Rabbi Eitan Eisamn filled in for one year in the middle. In 1979, Rabbi Filber was appointed as the rabbi of Kibbutz

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, and Rabbi Yerachamiel Weiss took over as the head of Yashlatz. Rabbi Weiss continued in this role until 5776 (2016) when he decided to step down due to an injury. From 5777 (2017) onward, Rabbi

Yair Gizbar Yair may refer to: People *Yair (name), a Hebrew name **Jair (name), a spelling variant of the name **Avraham Stern Avraham Stern (, ''Avraham Shtern''; December 23, 1907 – February 12, 1942), alias Yair (), was one of the leaders of the ...

took on the job of the Ros yeshiva, Until then he served as the Rabbi of shiur Alef in Yeshivat

Mercaz HaRav Mercaz HaRav (officially, , "The Center of Rabbi ook- the Central Universal Yeshiva") is a national-religious ( Hardal) yeshiva in Jerusalem, founded in 1924 by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Located in the city's Kiryat Moshe neighbo ...

Terrorist attack

On March 6, 2008, a terrorist opened fire at the Yeshivat Mercaz Harav, adjacent to Yashlatz. Five Yashlatz students were murdered in the school library, along with 3 students from the Yeshivat Mercaz Harav.

Notable alumni

Famous graduates include Rabbi

Yaakov Shapira Yaakov Eliezer Kahana Shapira (; born 26 December 1950) is the rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem and a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council. Biography Shapiro was born in Jerusalem to Rabbi Avraham Shapira, the previous Ro ...

(current Head of Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva), Rabbi

Mordechai Elon Mordechai (Moti) Elon (; born 9 December 1959) is an Israeli Religious Zionist rabbi. He has headed several Orthodox Jewish social organizations and institutions, most notably as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat HaKotel in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusale ...

(former Head of Yeshivat HaKotel and leader of the MiBreshit movement), Rabbi

Eliezer Melamed Eliezer Melamed (; born 28 June 1961) is an Israeli religious-Zionist rabbi, the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Bracha, the rabbi of the settlement Har Bracha, and the author of '' Peninei Halakha'', a series of '' Halakhic'' works. Biography ...

, Rabbi

Shmuel Eliyahu Shmuel Eliyahu (; born 29 November 1956) is an Israeli Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox rabbi. He is the Chief Rabbi of Safed and a member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel#Chief Rabbinate Council, Chief Rabbinate Council. Some of Eliyahu's statements ...

(chief rabbi of

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) and Colonel Dror Weinberg, (Yehuda Brigade Commander in the IDF), who was killed in an ambush in

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in 2002.

References

External links

* Mesivtas Orthodox yeshivas in Jerusalem Religious Zionist yeshivot {{Yeshiva-stub