The Beit El Yeshiva ( he, ישיבת בית אל) is a

Religious Zionist Religious Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת דָּתִית, translit. ''Tziyonut Datit'') is an ideology that combines Zionism and Orthodox Judaism. Its adherents are also referred to as ''Dati Leumi'' ( "National Religious"), and in Israel, the ...

Yeshiva A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; 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 s ...

situated in the

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Beit El Beit El or Beth El ( he, בֵּית אֵל) is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the West Bank. The Orthodox Jewish town was settled in 1977-78 by the ultranationalist group Gush Emunim. It is located in ...

, a community in the

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region near

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in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the

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History

The Yeshiva was founded in late 1977 by a group of students from the

Mercaz haRav Mercaz HaRav (officially, he, מרכז הרב - הישיבה המרכזית העולמית, "The Center of Rabbi ook- the Central Universal Yeshiva") is a national-religious yeshiva in Jerusalem, founded in 1924 by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraham ...

yeshiva in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. 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 Rosh yeshiva ( he, ראש ישיבה, pl. he, ראשי ישיבה, '; 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, primar ...

'' (dean) is Rabbi

Zalman Baruch Melamed Zalman Baruch Melamed ( he, זלמן ברוך מלמד, born 1937) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and the rosh yeshiva of the Beit El yeshiva in Beit El. He founded the Arutz Sheva radio station, and served as neighborhood rabbi in Beit El until 2 ...

Arutz Sheva ''Arutz Sheva'' ( he, ערוץ 7, lit=''Channel 7''), also known in English as ''Israel National News'', is an Israeli media network identifying with religious Zionism. It offers online news articles in Hebrew, English, and Russian as well as l ...

- Israel National News was founded and is maintained by the Beit El Yeshiva."The Chief Rabbi of South Africa, Rabbi

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, is a graduate of the Beth El Yeshiva, the organization that founded and maintains Arutz Sheva." The Beit El Yeshiva also founded

Yeshiva.co Yeshiva.co is an English website affiliated with Beit El Yeshiva. History The site offers Torah lessons for reading, viewing and listening. It was founded by Ezra Cohen and partners in Adar 5760 (2000), with the encouragement and support of the Ro ...

, a large Jewish website. Official site, Bet El Yeshiva Center
/ref> The Beit El Yeshiva Center also includes: * A ''yeshiva'' (religious studies) high school for boys (junior and senior yeshiva high school), Yeshivat Bnei Zvi, also known as Bnei Zvi Yeshiva Ketana (pre-yeshiva high school; ''ketana'' stands for "small") Arutz Sheva, 21/09/10
/ref> * An ''

ulpana Ulpana (Hebrew: אוּלְפֶּנָה ) is a girls-only Jewish high school in Israel, delivering intensive religious education, alongside the state curriculum. The ''Ulpana'' is to be found primarily in the Religious Zionist community. It is th ...

'' (religious studies) high school for girls, Ulpanat Ra'aya * An ''ulpana'' high school for girls "with a wide variety of studies", Tal Ra'aya * A ''

mechina A Mechina Kdam-Tzvait ( he, מכינה קדם צבאית; "pre-military preparatory", plural Mechinot) is an autonomous unit of specialized educational institutions valuing non-formal education and pre-military training in Israel. Funded and supp ...

'' pre-military program for young men

References

External links

Beit El Yeshiva Center Official Website

Bet El Kabbalists
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