Yashlatz (, acronym for Yeshivat Yerushalayim L’Tzeirim, "Jerusalem Yeshiva for Youth") is a religious Zionist yeshiva high school in Jerusalem. It was founded in 1964 by a student of the Orthodox rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook to teach teenage boys in the Mercaz Harav community.
Faculty
In the first fifteen years (1964–1979), Rabbi
Yaakov Filber, who founded the yeshiva served as the
Rosh Yeshiva. Rabbi
Eitan Eisamn filled in for one year in the middle. In 1979, Rabbi Filber was appointed as the rabbi of Kibbutz
Hafetz Haim, and Rabbi Yerachamiel Weiss took over as the head of Yashlatz. Rabbi Weiss continued in this role until 5776 (2016) when he decided to step down due to an injury. From 5777 (2017) onward, Rabbi
Yair Gizbar took on the job of the Ros yeshiva, Until then he served as the Rabbi of shiur Alef in Yeshivat
Mercaz HaRav.
Terrorist attack
On March 6, 2008, a terrorist opened fire at the Yeshivat Mercaz Harav, adjacent to Yashlatz. Five Yashlatz students were murdered in the school library, along with 3 students from the Yeshivat Mercaz Harav.
Notable alumni
Famous graduates include Rabbi
Yaakov Shapira (current Head of Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva), Rabbi
Mordechai Elon (former Head of
Yeshivat HaKotel and leader of the MiBreshit movement), Rabbi
Eliezer Melamed, Rabbi
Shmuel Eliyahu (chief rabbi of
Tzfat) and Colonel
Dror Weinberg, (Yehuda Brigade Commander in the IDF), who was killed in an ambush in Hebron in 2002.
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