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Yeshivat Ma'alot Ya'akov () is a
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, founded in 1975 in the town of
Maalot Ma'alot-Tarshiha (; ) is a city in the North District in Israel, about east of Nahariya, and about above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot, creatin ...
following the
Ma'alot massacre The Ma'alot massacreSources describing the event as a "massacre": * * * * * * * was a Palestinian Terrorism, Palestinian terrorist attack that occurred on 14–15 May 1974 and involved the hostage-taking of 115 Israelis, chiefly school ...
. The Yeshiva is named after Rabbi Dr. Ya'akov Herzog, son of the late
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of
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and brother of the late
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. The
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is Rabbi
Yehoshua Weitzman Rabbi Yehoshua Weitzman () is an Israelis, Israeli ''Rosh Yeshiva'', heading ''Yeshivat Ma’alot Ya’akov'', and prominent as a teacher and scholar of ''Torat Eretz Yisrael''. Weitzman was born in 1949 in Tel-Aviv. Following five years of stu ...
. There are over 300 students in the yeshiva and
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. The yeshiva also has a program for overseas students headed by Rabbi Ariel Friedman. Yeshivat Ma'alot is known for its emphasis on learning
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according to Rabbi
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’s teachings. Graduates of the yeshiva have founded four other branches in different locations: *
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(hesder) headed by Rabbi Yosef Stern. *
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(hesder) headed by Rabbi Elazar Aharonson. *
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(formerly
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), headed by Rabbi David Gavrieli. The Yeshiva was removed from original location as a result of
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from the
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during the summer of 2005. * ''Netiv Tefachot'', a post high-school yeshiva where students pursue both yeshiva and technological studies headed by Rabbi Avigdor Weitzman and Rabbi Eyal Griner.


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Yeshivat Hesder MaalotYeshivat Hesder Maalot Overseas ProgramYeshivat Maalot Hebrew SiteTorat Eretz Yisrael
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Ma'alot Ma'alot-Tarshiha (; ) is a city in the North District in Israel, about east of Nahariya, and about above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot, creatin ...
Educational institutions established in 1975