Beit El yeshiva

The Beit El Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת בית אל‎) is a Religious Zionist Yeshiva situated in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, a community in the Binyamin region near Ramallah in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank.

For the ancient Sephardic and Yemenite yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem well known for the study of Kabbalah, see Beit El Synagogue
Beit El yeshiva
A lesson in the Beit Midrash from the rosh yeshiva

History

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.

Media organisations

Arutz Sheva - Israel National News was founded and is maintained by the Beit El Yeshiva.[1] The Beit El Yeshiva also founded Yeshiva.co, a large Jewish website.[2]

Other educational institutions

The Beit El Yeshiva Center also includes:

  • A yeshiva (religious studies) high school for boys (junior and senior yeshiva high school), Yeshivat Bnei Zvi,[2] also known as Bnei Zvi Yeshiva Ketana (pre-yeshiva high school; ketana stands for "small")[3]
  • An ulpana (religious studies) high school for girls, Ulpanat Ra'aya[2]
  • An ulpana high school for girls "with a wide variety of studies", Tal Ra'aya[2]
  • A mechina pre-military program for young men[3]

References
  1. "The Chief Rabbi of South Africa, Rabbi Warren Goldstein, is a graduate of the Beth El Yeshiva, the organization that founded and maintains Arutz Sheva."Goldstein, Rabbi Warren. "A Passover Message from the Chief Rabbi of South Africa". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  2. Official site, Bet El Yeshiva Center
  3. Arutz Sheva, 21/09/10

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