Mercaz HaRav Overseas Program

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Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav Kook

Highlights of the Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav Overseas Program

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The Mercaz HaRav Overseas Program offers you a unique chance

to study in one of the largest and most important Yeshivas in Eretz Yisrael, a Yeshiva whose influence has grown until the name Mercaz HaRav has come to denote a Torah concept;
to study under the Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Avraham Shapiro, who is considered one of the foremost Torah scholars in our generation, and is well known as the former head of the High Rabbinical Court, Chief Rabbi of Israel, and one of the most outstanding religious leaders of our generation;
to meet and study together in the same shi'ur with the top students in Israel of your age;
to study Torah ke'mitzvatah, along with other boys your age who have decided to devote themselves to Torah;
to study with one of the Yeshiva's top avrechim, who will be your chavruta and private counselor, and will help you feel at home even in this new and different environment;
to study Torat E'retz Yisrael at its' highest level, as it was so profoundly expounded in HaRav Kook's writings;
to study Machshevet Yisrael, Halacha and Tanach in shi'urim especially catering to your level and needs;
to study Rav Yehuda HaLevy, RamChal and MaHaral ;
to receive a true and deep insight in the ideas and thoughts of HaRav Kook zt"l, whose works are today the basis of the Religious Zionist movement in Eretz Yisrael;
to become acquainted with Eretz Yisrael, and what this land means for a Jew in Israel and in Diaspora;
to study and live in the eternal Jerusalem.

The Yeshiva, which is located in a quiet community right near the main entrance of Yerushalayim (within walking distance of the central bus station), will put at your disposal everything you need to attain the highest level of Torat E'retz Yisrael during the time you will be part of the Yeshiva.

The Mercaz HaRav Overseas Program

Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav headed by HaRav Avraham Shapiro, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, continues the tradition of education to the light of Torat Erertz Yisrael that was determined by HaRav Kook, and expounded by his son, HaRav Zvi Yehuda Kook.

Today, still another aspect of HaRav Kook's vision is being realized, as young students on the threshold of their adult lives come to Eretz Yisrael, and have the great privilege to study Torat Eretz Yisrael in Yerushalayim. The period they are in the Yeshiva leaves it's mark: a mark of moral stature, of a higher and deeper love for Am Yisrael, Torat Yisrael, and for Eretz Yisrael. They come to understand what it means to be part of Am Yisrael, and that knowledge causes them to demand more of themselves.

When returning to the Diaspora, the values and ideals acquired when studying Torat Eretz Yisrael help those young men become vital members of the Jewish community.

Torat Eretz Yisrael links yehudei Eretz Yisrael and yehudei hagolah. That was part of HaRav Kook's vision when founding the Yeshiva. And today, when we have seen the impact of Torat Eretz Yisrael on youngsters from different countries who have come to study in the Yeshiva, we are happy to welcome all those who wish to be a part of this program.

"..And additional affection is vouchsafed those who study Torah in Eretz Yisrael and Yerushalayim. Here the Torah itself is more sublime, the Torah is collective, and it unites individuals into a whole. So the individual soul draws from the collective, from the collective soul of the hosts of Yisrael."

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