HaRav A.Y. Kook

Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav


Mercaz HaRav in Action

Mercaz HaRav Educational Institutions in Israel

Batei Midrash


Jerusalem - main Beit Midrash

Mercaz HaRav has branches throughout Israel:

Beit Lechem - Nechmat Rachel
Tel Aviv - Michtam LeDavid
Haifa - Zror HaMor
Eilat - Orot Yisrael
Petach Tikva - Ratzon Yehuda

Graduates have established tens of Batei Midrash throughout the Country in the spirit of the Yeshiva, spreading the words of Rav Kook.

  • Eight kindergartens for boys and girls
  • Two Noam elementary schools for boys and girls
  • Cheder - Talmud Torah Morasha
  • School in advanced studies leading to degree in teaching, rabbinics and jurisprudence

  • Yeshiva L’Tzeirim

  • A preparatory Yeshiva for younger pupils, with an extensive Torah studies program. It is known for the high standards it sets and maintains in all fields of Jewish studies.
    For more information on the Yeshiva L’Tzeirim, contact: 02-6524556

  • El Ami

  • An organization whose aim are educational, its purpose is to disseminate Judaism and its values in the spirit of HaRav Kook. This is done through study circles and courses, conferences and seminars conducted by students and graduates of the Yeshiva.


  • HaRav Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook Institute
  • The Institute’s function is to publish the manuscripts of HaRav Kook, and of HaRav Tzvi Yehuda Kook, and to circulate works of Jewish thought and faith.


  • Halacha Berura Institute
  • This is the institute responsible for one of the most important Talmudic projects of our time. This is the publication of HaRav Kook’s monumental conception of the Talmud with Piskei Halacha, and the elucidation of the varying shitot in the sugia of the Gmara.