Yashlatz


Yashlatz is a National Religious yeshiva high school in Jerusalem. It was founded in 1964 by Rabbi Yaakov Filber, one of the foremost students of Rav Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook, to serve as institution of choice for teenage boys of the Mercaz Harav community. Yashlatz is considered to be one of the leading mamlachti dati yeshiva high schools in Israel, both in its religious and educational standards; and it serves as the institution of choice for teenage boys of the Mercaz Harav community. A flagship institution, it has an enrollment of approximately 300 students.

Faculty

The former Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Yerachamiel Weiss and right now the Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Yair Gizbar. Notable National Religious rabbis teach, and have taught in Yashlatz in the past. Among them are Rabbi David Samson and Rabbi Haim Steiner.

Terrorist attack

On March 6, 2008, a terrorist opened fire at the Yeshivat Mercaz Harav, adjacent to Yashlatz. Five Yashlatz students were murdered in the school library, along with 3 students from the Yeshivat Mercaz Harav.

Notable alumni

Famous graduates include Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, Rabbi Mordechai Elon, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and Colonel Dror Weinberg,, who was killed in an ambush in Hebron in 2002.