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Center of Rabbi [Kook] - the Central Universal Yeshiva")<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Religious_Zionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious Zionist">national-religious</a> <a href="/wiki/Yeshiva" title="Yeshiva">yeshiva</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, founded in 1924 by <a href="/wiki/Ashkenazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkenazi">Ashkenazi</a> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Rabbi_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Rabbi of Israel">Chief Rabbi</a> <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Isaac_Kook" title="Abraham Isaac Kook">Abraham Isaac Kook</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-about_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mercaz_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mercaz-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Located in the city's <a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Moshe" title="Kiryat Moshe">Kiryat Moshe</a> neighborhood, it has become the most prominent religious-Zionist yeshiva in the world and synonymous with Rabbi Kook's teachings.<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many <a href="/wiki/Religious_Zionism" title="Religious Zionism">Religious Zionist</a> educators and leaders have studied at Mercaz HaRav.<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yeshivat_Mercaz_haRav.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Yeshivat_Mercaz_haRav.jpg/250px-Yeshivat_Mercaz_haRav.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Yeshivat_Mercaz_haRav.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="218"></a><figcaption>Main yeshiva building</figcaption></figure> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Name"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Name</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Relationship_to_West_Bank_settlements"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Relationship to West Bank settlements</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Roshei_Yeshiva"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Roshei Yeshiva</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Mercaz_HaRav_massacre"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Mercaz HaRav massacre</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Victims"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Victims</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Notable_alumni"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notable alumni</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Bibliography"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Mercaz_HaRav&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercaz_HaRav_(21).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mercaz_HaRav_%2821%29.JPG/220px-Mercaz_HaRav_%2821%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2080" data-file-height="1384"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mercaz_HaRav_%2821%29.JPG/220px-Mercaz_HaRav_%2821%29.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mercaz_HaRav_%2821%29.JPG/330px-Mercaz_HaRav_%2821%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Mercaz_HaRav_%2821%29.JPG/440px-Mercaz_HaRav_%2821%29.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Mercaz HaRav <a href="/wiki/Beit_Midrash" class="mw-redirect" title="Beit Midrash">Beit Midrash</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The yeshiva's official name is <b>The Central Universal Yeshiva</b>, indicating its role in Rabbi Kook's vision as a central institution for the spiritual revitalization of the Jewish people. Kook, however, lacked the financial backing necessary to establish a full-fledged academic institution. The yeshiva grew out of an evening program for young scholars who gathered to hear the recently appointed <a href="/wiki/Chief_Rabbi_of_Jerusalem" title="Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem">Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem</a> lecture in <a href="/wiki/Halakhah" class="mw-redirect" title="Halakhah">Halakhah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aggadah" title="Aggadah">Aggadah</a>. Rabbi Yitchak Levi, a disciple of Rabbi Kook from his years in <a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a>, initiated this evening program in 1920, calling it <i>Mercaz HaRav</i>—"the Rabbi's Center."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a public letter from 1923, Rabbi Kook explained, "In a very small measure compared to the great role of the Universal Yeshiva, I have started leading the small and limited center 'Mercaz HaRav' as the cornerstone to establish the future Universal Yeshiva."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Mercaz HaRav" remained, despite the yeshiva's transformation over the years into one of Israel's largest and most influential <i>yeshivot</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Mercaz_HaRav&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BeitHaravKook8084.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/BeitHaravKook8084.JPG/220px-BeitHaravKook8084.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/BeitHaravKook8084.JPG/220px-BeitHaravKook8084.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/BeitHaravKook8084.JPG/330px-BeitHaravKook8084.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/BeitHaravKook8084.JPG/440px-BeitHaravKook8084.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Original location of Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in "Beit HaRav", Jerusalem</figcaption></figure> <p>Mercaz HaRav was founded in 1924 by Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Isaac_Kook" title="Abraham Isaac Kook">Abraham Isaac Kook</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Rabbinate_of_Israel" title="Chief Rabbinate of Israel">chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Ashkenazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkenazi">Ashkenazi</a> <a href="/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">rabbi</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">British Mandate for Palestine</a>. It was housed in Beit HaRav, built by the noted American philanthropist <a href="/wiki/Harry_Fischel" title="Harry Fischel">Harry Fischel</a>. Rabbi Kook's vision was to create a new yeshiva curriculum, integrating traditional Talmudic studies with Jewish philosophy, Bible, Jewish history, geography, and literature. The last three subjects, however, were never taught there.<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1925, Rabbi Kook invited the great European scholar <a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9F" class="extiw" title="he:אברהם אהרן בורשטין">Rabbi Avraham Aharon Borstein</a> (1867–1925) to serve as <a href="/wiki/Rosh_yeshiva" title="Rosh yeshiva">rosh yeshiva</a>. Tragically, Rabbi Borstein died suddenly at age 58, nine months after taking up his duties.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kook died in 1935, and his student, Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Yaakov_Moshe_Charlap" title="Yaakov Moshe Charlap">Yaakov Moshe Charlap</a>, succeeded him as <a href="/wiki/Rosh_yeshiva" title="Rosh yeshiva">rosh yeshiva</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Charlap's death in 1951, Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Zvi_Yehuda_Kook" title="Zvi Yehuda Kook">Zvi Yehuda Kook</a>, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook's son, took up his father's position. In 1982, after Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook died, Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Avraham_Shapira" title="Avraham Shapira">Avraham Shapira</a> took the position and led the institution until his death in 2007. His son Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Yaakov_Shapira" title="Yaakov Shapira">Yaakov Shapira</a> is his successor. </p><p>In its first decades, the yeshiva had few students, and its future was in doubt. However, in the 1950s, graduates of Bnei Akiva religious schools and high-school yeshivas seeking higher religious education entered Mercaz Harav. Bnei Akiva leader <a href="/wiki/Rabbi_Moshe_Zvi_Neria" class="mw-redirect" title="Rabbi Moshe Zvi Neria">Rabbi Moshe Zvi Neria</a>, a disciple of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, encouraged students to go to Mercaz Harav, then headed by Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook.<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Zvi_Thau" title="Zvi Thau">Zvi Thau</a> strongly opposed the introduction of an academic framework—plans to integrate a teaching institute—into Mercaz HaRav. As a result of the disagreement, he, together with six senior lecturers and many students, left the yeshiva and established the <a href="/wiki/Har_Hamor" title="Har Hamor">Har Hamor</a> yeshiva.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, the yeshiva has about 500 students, including 200 students in the yeshiva's <i><a href="/wiki/Kollel" title="Kollel">kollel</a></i> (post-graduate division).<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Relationship_to_West_Bank_settlements">Relationship to West Bank settlements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Mercaz_HaRav&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Relationship to West Bank settlements" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook's fundamentalist teachings as the <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Yeshiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosh Yeshiva">Rosh Yeshiva</a> of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva were a major factor in the formation and activities of the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_settlements" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli settlements">settlement movement</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West_Bank" title="Israeli occupation of the West Bank">Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza</a>, mainly through his influence on the <a href="/wiki/Gush_Emunim" title="Gush Emunim">Gush Emunim</a> movement, which was founded by his students.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELustick198829_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELustick198829-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His student Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Hanan_Porat" title="Hanan Porat">Hanan Porat</a> set out to restore the Jewish settlement in <a href="/wiki/Gush_Etzion" title="Gush Etzion">Gush Etzion</a> immediately following the Six-Day War.<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Roshei_Yeshiva">Roshei Yeshiva</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Mercaz_HaRav&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Roshei Yeshiva" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Isaac_Kook" title="Abraham Isaac Kook">Abraham Isaac Kook</a>, (1924–1935)</li> <li><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9F" class="extiw" title="he:אברהם אהרן בורשטין">Avraham Aharon Borstein</a>, (1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaakov_Moshe_Charlap" title="Yaakov Moshe Charlap">Yaakov Moshe Charlap</a>, (1935–1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tzvi_Yehuda_Kook" class="mw-redirect" title="Tzvi Yehuda Kook">Tzvi Yehuda Kook</a>, (1951–1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaul_Yisraeli" title="Shaul Yisraeli">Shaul Yisraeli</a>, (1982–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avraham_Shapira" title="Avraham Shapira">Avraham Shapira</a>, (1982–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaakov_Shapira" title="Yaakov Shapira">Yaakov Shapira</a>, (2007 to present)</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Mercaz_HaRav_massacre">Mercaz HaRav massacre</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Mercaz_HaRav&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mercaz HaRav massacre" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mercaz_HaRav_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercaz HaRav massacre">Mercaz HaRav massacre</a></div> <p>On the night of March 6, 2008, a lone shooter from <a href="/wiki/Jabel_Mukaber" title="Jabel Mukaber">Jabel Mukaber</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Jerusalem" title="East Jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a>, entered the yeshiva with a gun and began firing indiscriminately, murdering eight students and wounding 15 others. The attack ended with the arrival of Yitzhak Dadon, a part-time student of the yeshiva, and David Shapira, an officer in the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a>, who shot and killed the shooter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victims">Victims</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Mercaz_HaRav&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Victims" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Age</th> <th>From</th> <th>Studied at </th></tr> <tr> <td>Neria Cohen </td> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yashlatz" title="Yashlatz">Yashlatz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Segev Pniel Avihail </td> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neve_Daniel" title="Neve Daniel">Neve Daniel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yashlatz" title="Yashlatz">Yashlatz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Avraham David Moses </td> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Efrat_(Israeli_settlement)" title="Efrat (Israeli settlement)">Efrat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yashlatz" title="Yashlatz">Yashlatz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yehonatan Yitzhak Eldar </td> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shilo_(village)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shilo (village)">Shilo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yashlatz" title="Yashlatz">Yashlatz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ro'i Roth </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elkana" title="Elkana">Elkana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercaz_Harav" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercaz Harav">Mercaz Harav</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yohai Lipshitz </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yashlatz" title="Yashlatz">Yashlatz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yonadav Chaim Hirshfeld </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kokhav_HaShahar" title="Kokhav HaShahar">Kokhav HaShahar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercaz_Harav" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercaz Harav">Mercaz Harav</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Doron Mahareta </td> <td>26 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashdod" title="Ashdod">Ashdod</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercaz_Harav" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercaz Harav">Mercaz Harav</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Mercaz_HaRav&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable alumni" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Picture_of_Rav_Kook_and_his_Yeshiva_Faculty_and_Students.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Picture of Kook, yeshiva faculty and students"><noscript><img alt="Picture of Kook, yeshiva faculty and students" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Picture_of_Rav_Kook_and_his_Yeshiva_Faculty_and_Students.jpg/350px-Picture_of_Rav_Kook_and_his_Yeshiva_Faculty_and_Students.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="281" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="401"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 350px;height: 281px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Picture_of_Rav_Kook_and_his_Yeshiva_Faculty_and_Students.jpg/350px-Picture_of_Rav_Kook_and_his_Yeshiva_Faculty_and_Students.jpg" data-alt="Picture of Kook, yeshiva faculty and students" data-width="350" data-height="281" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Picture_of_Rav_Kook_and_his_Yeshiva_Faculty_and_Students.jpg 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Picture of Kook, yeshiva faculty and students</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Mercaz_HaRav_alumni" title="Category:Mercaz HaRav alumni">Category:Mercaz HaRav alumni</a></div> <p>The list includes a number of Knesset members, rabbis, and community leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roni_Alsheikh" title="Roni Alsheikh">Roni Alsheikh</a>, head of the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Police" title="Israel Police">Israel Police</a></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Yaakov_Ariel" title="Yaakov Ariel">Yaakov Ariel</a>, Chief Rabbi of <a href="/wiki/Ramat_Gan" title="Ramat Gan">Ramat Gan</a></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Shlomo_Aviner" title="Shlomo Aviner">Shlomo Aviner</a>, Rosh Yeshiva of <a href="/wiki/Ateret_Yerushalayim" class="mw-redirect" title="Ateret Yerushalayim">Ateret Yerushalayim</a> yeshiva, rabbi of <a href="/wiki/Bet_El" class="mw-redirect" title="Bet El">Bet El</a><sup id="cite_ref-haaretz_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/David_Bar-Hayim" title="David Bar-Hayim">David Bar-Hayim</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ben-Ari" title="Michael Ben-Ari">Michael Ben-Ari</a>, Knesset member</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoel_Bin-Nun" title="Yoel Bin-Nun">Yoel Bin-Nun</a>, one of the founders of <a href="/wiki/Yeshivat_Har_Etzion" title="Yeshivat Har Etzion">Yeshivat Har Etzion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezriel_Carlebach" title="Ezriel Carlebach">Ezriel Carlebach</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Maariv" title="Maariv">Maariv</a> newspaper</li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Oury_Amos_Cherki" title="Oury Amos Cherki">Oury Amos Cherki</a>, lecturer and author</li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Zephaniah_Drori" title="Zephaniah Drori">Zephaniah Drori</a>, Chief Rabbi of <a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Shmona" title="Kiryat Shmona">Kiryat Shmona</a></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Haim_Druckman" class="mw-redirect" title="Haim Druckman">Haim Druckman</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-haaretz_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-haaretz-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> former Knesset member, Rosh Yeshiva of <a href="/wiki/Yeshivat_Or_Etzion" title="Yeshivat Or Etzion">Ohr Etzion Yeshiva</a></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Shmuel_Eliyahu" title="Shmuel Eliyahu">Shmuel Eliyahu</a>, Chief Rabbi of <a href="/wiki/Safed" title="Safed">Safed</a></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Menachem_Froman" title="Menachem Froman">Menachem Froman</a>, founding member of <a href="/wiki/Gush_Emunim" title="Gush Emunim">Gush Emunim</a> and former rabbi of <a href="/wiki/Tekoa,_Gush_Etzion" class="mw-redirect" title="Tekoa, Gush Etzion">Tekoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Hershkowitz" title="Daniel Hershkowitz">Daniel Hershkowitz</a> (born 1953), politician, mathematician, rabbi, and president of Bar-Ilan University</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillel_Kook" title="Hillel Kook">Hillel Kook</a>, Knesset member<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Dov_Lior" title="Dov Lior">Dov Lior</a>, former Chief Rabbi of <a href="/wiki/Hebron" title="Hebron">Hebron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Arba" title="Kiryat Arba">Kiryat Arba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moshe_Levinger" title="Moshe Levinger">Moshe Levinger</a>, founder of post-1967 Hebron Jewish community</li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Eliezer_Melamed" title="Eliezer Melamed">Eliezer Melamed</a>, rabbi of <a href="/wiki/Har_Bracha" class="mw-redirect" title="Har Bracha">Har Bracha</a></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Zalman_Baruch_Melamed" title="Zalman Baruch Melamed">Zalman Baruch Melamed</a>, Rosh Yeshiva of <a href="/wiki/Beit_El_yeshiva" title="Beit El yeshiva">Beit El yeshiva</a></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Moshe-Zvi_Neria" title="Moshe-Zvi Neria">Moshe-Zvi Neria</a>, educator, former Knesset member, Rosh Yeshiva of yeshiva in <a href="/wiki/Kfar_Haroeh" title="Kfar Haroeh">Kfar Haroeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanan_Porat" title="Hanan Porat">Hanan Porat</a>, educator and Knesset member</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Raziel" title="David Raziel">David Raziel</a>, commander of the <a href="/wiki/Irgun" title="Irgun">Irgun</a></li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Haim_Sabato" title="Haim Sabato">Haim Sabato</a>, Rosh Yeshiva of <a href="/wiki/Yeshivat_Birkat_Moshe" title="Yeshivat Birkat Moshe">Yeshivat Birkat Moshe</a> and author</li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/David_Samson_(rabbi)" title="David Samson (rabbi)">David Samson</a>, educator</li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Yitzchak_Sheilat" title="Yitzchak Sheilat">Yitzchak Sheilat</a>, Rosh Yeshiva at <a href="/wiki/Yeshivat_Birkat_Moshe" title="Yeshivat Birkat Moshe">Yeshivat Birkat Moshe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maimonides" title="Maimonides">Maimonides</a> scholar</li> <li>Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Zvi_Thau" title="Zvi Thau">Zvi Thau</a>, co-founder and president of Yeshivat <a href="/wiki/Har_Hamor" title="Har 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshiv%C3%A1_Mercaz_HaRav_Kook" title="Yeshivá Mercaz HaRav Kook – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Yeshivá Mercaz HaRav Kook" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkaz_Harav" title="Merkaz Harav – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Merkaz Harav" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yechiva_Merkaz_Harav" title="Yechiva Merkaz Harav – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Yechiva Merkaz Harav" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%96_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91" title="ישיבת מרכז הרב – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ישיבת מרכז הרב" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkaz_ARav" title="Merkaz ARav – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Merkaz ARav" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkaz_Harav" title="Merkaz Harav – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Merkaz Harav" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D1%85%D0%B0-%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B2" title="Мерказ ха-Рав – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мерказ ха-Рав" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%96_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91" title="מרכז הרב – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="מרכז הרב" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img 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