Yeshivat Har Etzion
| ישיבת הר עציון | |
Yeshivat Har Etzion's main Bet Midrash building
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| Established | 1968 |
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| Affiliation | Jewish |
| Students | 480 |
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Alon Shvut, West Bank Coordinates: 31°39′28″N 35°07′24″E / 31.65765°N 35.12332°E |
| Website | www |
Yeshivat Har Etzion (YHE) (Hebrew: ישיבת הר עציון), commonly known as "Gush," is a Hesder Yeshiva located in Alon Shvut, an Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, near Jerusalem, Israel. With a student body of roughly 480, it is one of the largest hesder yeshivot in Israel and the West Bank.
Most of the students are Israelis in the hesder program, which integrates intensive yeshiva study with at least 15 months of active service in the Israel Defense Forces. Post-high school overseas students are also accepted after undergoing a selective application and interview process. Many return after university to study for the rabbinate in the yeshiva's Semicha Program (Semicha given by the Israeli Rabbanut) and affiliated Herzog College. Over 550 alumni from overseas have made aliyah and a high percentage are involved in Jewish education. Others have gone on to prominent academic careers in science, law, medicine, engineering and mathematics.
Yeshivat Darkaynu, a yeshiva program for developmentally disabled men, is located on the YHE campus.
In 1968, shortly after the Six Day War, a movement was founded to resettle the Gush Etzion region. Rabbi Yehuda Amital, a prominent rabbi and Jewish educator was asked to head the yeshiva. First established in Kfar Etzion, it moved to Alon Shvut, where it developed into a major institution. On January 4, 2006, Rabbis Yaaqov Medan and Baruch Gigi joined Rabbis Amital and Aharon Lichtenstein as roshei yeshiva in anticipation of Rabbi Amital's upcoming retirement. Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein has also been added to the list of roshei yeshiva. Rabbi Amital's involvement in the yeshiva effectively ended due to illness in Fall 2009, and he died on July 9 (27 Tammuz), 2010.
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