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About Us
Yeshivat Har Etzion
YESHIVAT HAR ETZION and its affiliate institutions have revolutionized the international
landscape of Jewish education. Merging the best in traditional Jewish learning with a formidable
grasp of the modern world, the Yeshiva continues blazing a path of educational innovation and
opportunity in the Jewish world, shaping the next generation of Jewish leaders seeking to study
Torah at the highest level.
Its Roshei Yeshiva, three distinguished alumni of the Yeshiva, HaRav Yaakov Medan, HaRav
Baruch Gigi and HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein, continue building and ensuring the vision and
legacy of the Yeshiva’s founders, HaRav Yehuda Amital zt”l and HaRav Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein
zt”l.
Yeshivat Har Etzion includes one of the largest Hesder programs in Israel, combining advanced
Talmud studies and military service, as well as the Kollel Gavoah and the Merkin Halacha
Kollel, preparing students for careers in the rabbinate and education. Through REVAVA – The
Riva Koschitzky Torah Enrichment Program students are provided with in-depth study of
Tanakh, Halacha and Jewish Philosophy. The Yeshiva’s current enrollment of 430 students from
all corners of the Diaspora includes 120 students in the Dr. William Major Overseas Program.
There are over 70 students currently actively serving in the IDF, between the Israeli and
chutznik talmidim, reflecting the Yeshiva’s original values of army service alongside the highest
levels of Torah learning.
STELLA K. ABRAHAM BEIT MIDRASH FOR WOMEN
The STELLA K. ABRAHAM BEIT MIDRASH FOR WOMEN OF YESHIVAT HAR ETZION (MIGDAL OZ), under the leadership of Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg, offers young women the opportunity to invest themselves fully in the world of intensive Torah learning and meaningful spiritual growth, alongside national service (Sherut Leumi/IDF) and professional educational training. The Beit Midrash has more than 250 students, including 60 women in their second, third or fourth year of study, and 70 women from all over Israel who come for a day dedicated for Torah learning in various Halacha, Gemara, and Midrash programs. The Gwendolyn Straus Advanced Talmud Program of Migdal Oz provides in-depth Gemara and Halacha study to a select cadre of women with up to six years of prior Talmud learning. The Kollel Ramiot, another advanced program of the Beit Midrash, enables the advancement of female Torah scholars to unprecedented heights. These two programs develop skills and provide a learning experience for the graduates who go on to serve in pivotal leadership and education roles in their communities, and shape a legacy that will influence generations to come.
ISRAEL KOSCHITZKY VBM TORAT HAR ETZION
The ISRAEL KOSCHITZKY VBM TORAT HAR ETZION In the early 1990’s, Yeshivat Har Etzion recognized the Internet’s potential to spread Torah, and launched the trailblazing Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash – one of the first and still the best in-depth text-based Torah resource on the web. Under the guidance of its director Rabbi Ezra Bick and editor-in-chief Rabbi Reuven Ziegler, the VBM has grown into an educational powerhouse offering twenty-five annual courses in English and Hebrew, free of charge, to tens of thousands of students across the globe. Thus far, the VBM’s unparalleled courses in Halakha, Talmud, Tanakh and Machshava have resulted in an astonishing 108 published books. This year we have again added hundreds of new shiurim to the VBM sote, including many discussing the halakhic and spiritual implications of the was in which we are currently embroiled. Addressing both scholarly and practical issues, these shiurim assist our audience to better understand the spiritual aspects of their lives. We are also working on making the search functions more user friendly and integrating advanced search techniques using AI.
With these upgrades and more that are planned, Torat Har Etzion continues to spread the wealth of Torah emanating from Har Etzion institutions worldwide, lehagdil Torah uleha’adirah and lekaddesh shem Shamayim.
DERACHEHA
DERACHEHA deracheha.org is a halachic education initiative of Yeshivat Har Etzion in partnership with the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash and the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women at Migdal Oz. An online platform for studying halachot related to women, Deracheha presents Halacha accurately and respectfully from a woman’s perspective, exploring a range of voices. Its goals are to grant women access to halachic discourse, to build a community of learners, and to raise the caliber of halachic discussion and mitzva observance.
