Yeshivat Ma'alot

Yeshivat Ma'alot Ya'akov (Hebrew: ישיבת מעלות יעקב‎‎) is a Hesder Yeshiva, founded in 1975 in the town of Maalot following the Ma'alot massacre. The Yeshiva is named after Rabbi Dr. Ya'akov Herzog, son of the late Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog and brother of the late President of Israel Chaim Herzog. The Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Yehoshua Weitzman.

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.
Ashdod (formerly Neve Dekalim), headed by Rabbi David Gavrieli. The Yeshiva was removed from original location as a result of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan from the Gaza Strip during 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.

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Orthodox Yeshivas in Israel and the West Bank

Yeshivot	Aderet Eliyahu Aish HaTorah Ateret Yerushalayim Yeshivas Bais Yisroel Beit El Bircas HaTorah Birkat Moshe (Hesder) Derech Etz Chaim Dvar Yerushalayim Eretz HaTzvi Etz Chaim HaRaayon HaYehudi Har Etzion HaKotel (Hesder) Hamivtar Har Hamor Harry Fischel Institute for Talmudic Research Itri Kerem B'Yavneh (Hesder) Kisse Rahamim Knesses Chizkiyahu Kol Torah Lakewood East Lev Hatorah Ma'alot Yaakov (Hesder) Maarava Machon Rubin Machon Meir Marbeh Torah Mayanot Meah Shearim Mercaz HaRav Mercaz Hatorah Midrash Shmuel Mir Netiv Aryeh Neveh Zion Ohr Elchonon Ohr Somayach Ohr Yerushalayim Or Vishua (Hesder) Or Etzion (Hesder) Otniel (Hesder) Otzmat Yerushalayim Pachad Yitzchok Petah Tikva (Hesder) Ponevezh Porat Yosef Pressburg Shaar Hashamayim Sfas Emes Slabodka Torah Ore Torat HaChaim Toras Moshe Torat Shraga Sderot (Hesder) Sha'alvim Shilo (Hesder) Yerushalayim L’Tzeirim Yerucham (Hesder) Yesodei HaTorah

Midrashot	Beth Jacob Jerusalem EYAHT Machon Gold Mayanot Midreshet Aviv Midreshet Binat Midreshet HaRova Midreshet Lindenbaum Midreshet Ma'amakim Migdal Oz Neve Yerushalayim Nishmat

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