Yeshivat Ma'alot
Yeshivat Ma'alot Ya'akov (
Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Yehoshua Weitzman
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There are over 300 students in the yeshiva and kollel. The yeshiva also has a program for overseas students headed by Rabbi Ariel Friedman.
Yeshivat Ma'alot is known for its emphasis on learning Torat Eretz Yisrael according to Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook’s teachings.
Graduates of the yeshiva have founded four other branches in different locations:
- Acre (hesder) headed by Rabbi Yosef Stern.
- Holon (hesder) headed by Rabbi Elazar Aharonson.
- Israel's unilateral disengagement plan from the Gaza Stripduring 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.