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18-611: The Yeshiva was founded in late 1977 by a group of students from the Mercaz haRav yeshiva in Jerusalem . The students originally lived on a nearby army base, but today the yeshiva has its own premises, and over 250 students enrolled. The rosh yeshiva (dean) is Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed . Arutz Sheva - Israel National News was founded and is maintained by the Beit El Yeshiva. The Beit El Yeshiva also founded Yeshiva.co ,

36-566: A large Jewish website. The Beit El Yeshiva Center also includes: 31°56′32.6″N 35°13′20.77″E  /  31.942389°N 35.2224361°E  / 31.942389; 35.2224361 Mercaz haRav Mercaz HaRav (officially, Hebrew : מרכז הרב - הישיבה המרכזית העולמית , "The Center of Rabbi [Kook] - the Central Universal Yeshiva") is a national-religious yeshiva in Jerusalem , founded in 1924 by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook . Located in

54-605: A number of Knesset members, rabbis, and community leaders. 31°47′16″N 35°11′48″E  /  31.7879°N 35.1967°E  / 31.7879; 35.1967 Rabbi Moshe Zvi Neria Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neria ( Hebrew : משה צבי נריה ‎; 29 January 1913 – 12 December 1995) was an Israeli educator, writer, and rosh yeshiva who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1969 and 1974. Neria established and headed

72-489: A public letter from 1923, Rabbi Kook explained, "In a very small measure compared to the great role of the Universal Yeshiva, I have started leading the small and limited center 'Mercaz HaRav' as the cornerstone to establish the future Universal Yeshiva." The name "Mercaz HaRav" remained, despite the yeshiva's transformation over the years into one of Israel's largest and most influential yeshivot . Mercaz HaRav

90-456: Is Rabbi Nachum Neriya , rosh yeshiva of Torah Betziyon in Efrat, Israel . His grandson is Rabbi Ariel Bareli . When he saw that the public venerated Rav Kook but knew very little about his special approach to Torah, Rabbi Neriah published several books combining biographical material on Rav Kook together with excerpts from his writings, dealing with topics such as redemption, the rebuilding of

108-801: The Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Kfar Haroeh , and was one of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook 's most influential disciples. Due to his far-reaching influence on Religious Zionism , he is known as "the father of the knit kippah generation." Born Moshe-Zvi Menkin in Łódź in the Russian Empire (today in Poland ), Neria studied under Rabbi Moshe Feinstein and his brother Rabbi Mordechai Feinstein in their yeshiva in Minsk . Neria followed his teacher Rav Mordechai to Shkloŭ and continued his Torah studies in

126-605: The Knesset Yisrael neighbourhood. He helped establish the Bnei Akiva youth movement, and edited its publication Zra'im . In 1940 he founded the first Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Kfar Haroeh , serving as its headmaster and teaching Talmud and Jewish thought. He later established several yeshiva high schools and Hesder yeshivas for IDF soldiers. In addition, he founded the Hapoel HaMizrachi Rabbinical Association. In 1969 he

144-837: The Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva were a major factor in the formation and activities of the settlement movement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza , mainly through his influence on the Gush Emunim movement, which was founded by his students. His student Rabbi Hanan Porat set out to restore the Jewish settlement in Gush Etzion immediately following the Six-Day War. On

162-614: The Jewish people. Kook, however, lacked the financial backing necessary to establish a full-fledged academic institution. The yeshiva grew out of an evening program for young scholars who gathered to hear the recently appointed Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem lecture in Halakhah and Aggadah . Rabbi Yitchak Levi, a disciple of Rabbi Kook from his years in Jaffa , initiated this evening program in 1920, calling it Mercaz HaRav —"the Rabbi's Center." In

180-463: The city's Kiryat Moshe neighborhood, it has become the most prominent religious-Zionist yeshiva in the world and synonymous with Rabbi Kook's teachings. Many Religious Zionist educators and leaders have studied at Mercaz HaRav. The yeshiva's official name is The Central Universal Yeshiva , indicating its role in Rabbi Kook's vision as a central institution for the spiritual revitalization of

198-484: The great European scholar Rabbi Avraham Aharon Borstein (1867–1925) to serve as rosh yeshiva . Tragically, Rabbi Borstein died suddenly at age 58, nine months after taking up his duties. Kook died in 1935, and his student, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Charlap , succeeded him as rosh yeshiva . After Charlap's death in 1951, Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook , Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook's son, took up his father's position. In 1982, after Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook died, Rabbi Avraham Shapira took

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216-485: The introduction of an academic framework—plans to integrate a teaching institute—into Mercaz HaRav. As a result of the disagreement, he, together with six senior lecturers and many students, left the yeshiva and established the Har Hamor yeshiva. In 2008, the yeshiva has about 500 students, including 200 students in the yeshiva's kollel (post-graduate division). Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook's fundamentalist teachings as

234-512: The land of Israel, Torah and prayer. These include: When asked whether a rabbi should be involved in politics. He replied, "Absolutely not. In politics, it is sometimes necessary to compromise on principles in order to accomplish important goals, and that is not a proper thing for a rabbi to do." In 1978 he was awarded the Israel Prize for special contribution to society and the state. The Israeli settlement Neria , established in 1991,

252-537: The night of March 6, 2008, a lone shooter from Jabel Mukaber in East Jerusalem , entered the yeshiva with a gun and began firing indiscriminately, murdering eight students and wounding 15 others. The attack ended with the arrival of Yitzhak Dadon, a part-time student of the yeshiva, and David Shapira, an officer in the Israel Defense Forces , who shot and killed the shooter. The list includes

270-551: The position and led the institution until his death in 2007. His son Rabbi Yaakov Shapira is his successor. In its first decades, the yeshiva had few students, and its future was in doubt. However, in the 1950s, graduates of Bnei Akiva religious schools and high-school yeshivas seeking higher religious education entered Mercaz Harav. Bnei Akiva leader Rabbi Moshe Zvi Neria , a disciple of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, encouraged students to go to Mercaz Harav, then headed by Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook. In 1997, Rabbi Zvi Thau strongly opposed

288-573: The relocated Shklov yeshiva. He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1930 after Soviet diktats made Jewish life unsustainable in Russia. At the direction of Rabbis Moshe and Mordechai Feinstein, Neria studied at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva with Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook , receiving certification as a rabbi. He also studied in the Mizrachi teaching seminary in Jerusalem . At one point he lived in

306-791: Was elected to the Knesset on the National Religious Party list, serving for one term. He left the party in 1983 to establish the Religious Zionist Camp (also known as Mazad). Neria died on 12 December 1995 at the age of 82. His last words were "Give me kedushah (holiness), it is kedushah that I seek! The holiness of the Land of Israel, the holiness of the love of Israel, the holiness of the Nation of Israel." Neria and his wife Rachel had eight children. His eldest

324-603: Was founded in 1924 by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook , the chief Ashkenazi rabbi during the British Mandate for Palestine . It was housed in Beit HaRav, built by the noted American philanthropist Harry Fischel . Rabbi Kook's vision was to create a new yeshiva curriculum, integrating traditional Talmudic studies with Jewish philosophy, Bible, Jewish history, geography, and literature. The last three subjects, however, were never taught there. In 1925, Rabbi Kook invited

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