Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh (, lit. ''Vineyard in Yavne Yeshiva'') is a

youth village A youth village () is a boarding school model first developed in Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis. Henrietta Szold and Recha Freier were the pioneers in this sphere, known as youth ...

and major

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 ...

in southern Israel. Located near the city of

Ashdod Ashdod (, ; , , or ; Philistine language, Philistine: , romanized: *''ʾašdūd'') is the List of Israeli cities, sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District (Israel), Southern District, it lies on the Mediterranean ...

and adjacent to

Kvutzat Yavne Kvutzat Yavne () is a religious kibbutz in the Central District of Israel. Located in the coastal plain just east of Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In it had a population of . The kibbutz is adjacent t ...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In , it had a population of .

History

Founded in 1954, Kerem BeYavneh was the first Yeshivat Hesder. The first

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 ...

of Kerem B'Yavneh was the renowned scholar Rabbi

Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht (; September 1924 – February 7, 1994) was the founding Rosh yeshiva of Israel's first Hesder yeshiva, Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, commonly known as KBY. A world-renowned scholar and teacher, Rabbi Goldvicht was also the ...

. Following his retirement, Goldvicht was succeeded by Rabbi Mordechai Greenberg, himself an alumnus of the yeshiva, and Rosh Kollel. In the summer zman of 5774, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Blachman was appointed to be the Associate Rosh Yeshiva to Rabbi Greenberg. The current Head of the Overseas Program is Rabbi

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. Like all

Yeshivot Hesder 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 studyin ...

, Kerem B'Yavneh is a

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institution, advocating the position that the State of Israel is a concrete step forward in the coming of the final redemption. It also has an open outlook towards Western culture, both with faculty holding university degrees and students attending university. Programs within the yeshiva include a Hesder track, a gap-year for overseas students, and a ''Kollel Rabbanut'' as well as a ''Kollel Ledayanut'' (a Kollel for training of religious court judges). The yeshiva had an enrollment of 296 students in 2021, making it the 9th biggest Hesder Yeshiva in Israel.Yishai Almaiks
The numbers are publicised, the ten largest Hesder Yeshivot in Israel
Kipa, 3 January 2021. including students from Israel and from overseas, most of whom reside in dormitories on campus. Overseas students come mainly from the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Canada, but also other countries.

Notable rabbinic alumni

*Rabbi Yehuda Amit, Rosh Yeshiva of Kiryat Malakhi *Rabbi

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, Head of Machon Hamikdash (

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) *Rabbi Zephaniah Drori, Rav and Rosh Yeshiva of Kiryat Shmona *Rabbi

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, Rav of The White Shul in Far Rockaway. * Rabbi Richard J. Israel, rabbi, educator, civil rights activist, and author *Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, Rosh HaYeshiva of

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(DRS Yeshiva High School) and Director of

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Summer Kollel *Rabbi Ari Marcus, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Reishit Yerushalayim in

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, Israel *Rabbi

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, Rav and Rosh Yeshiva of

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*Rabbi

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, former

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*Rabbi

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, current

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* Pesach Wolicki, former Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah and associate director of CJCUC. A number of the staff and rabbinic alumni at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary studied at Kerem B'Yavneh, including: *Rabbi Meir Goldwicht, Rosh Yeshiva at

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(

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) *Rabbi

Mordechai Willig HaRav Mordechai Yitzchak HaLevi Willig (born April 25, 1947; 5th of Iyyar, 5707 on the Hebrew calendar) is an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He is often known to his students as the Ramu ...

, Rosh Yeshiva at

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(

), Rav of Young Israel of Riverdale *Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, Rosh Yeshiva at

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(

), Rav of Congregation Ohr Hatorah *Rabbi Baruch Simon, Rosh Yeshiva at

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(

) *Rabbi

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, Rosh Yeshiva at

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, a former Rosh Yeshiva at

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(

), Rav of Agudas Yisroel of Passaic *Rabbi

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, Director of Semikhah at

and Mara D'asra of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere, formerly a Maggid Shiur at

(DRS Yeshiva High School) and at

Other notable alumni

* Ohad Moskowitz, Jewish singer *

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, Israeli politician * Uri Bin Nun, director,

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, assassin of Israeli Prime Minister

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member and government minister *

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References

External links

Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Official Website
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Kerem B'Yavneh Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh (, lit. ''Vineyard in Yavne Yeshiva'') is a youth village and major yeshiva in southern Israel. Located near the city of Ashdod and adjacent to Kvutzat Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Counci ...

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