Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh

Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh (Hebrew: ישיבת כרם ביבנה, lit. Vineyard in Yavne Yeshiva) is a youth village and major yeshiva in southern Israel. Located near the city of Ashdod and adjacent to Kvutzat Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In 2021, it had a population of 538.[1]

Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
ישיבת כרם ביבנה‎
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh is located in Central Israel
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh is located in Israel
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Coordinates: 31°49′06″N 34°43′21″E
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
CouncilHevel Yavne
Founded1954
Founded byRabbi Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht
Population
 (2021)[1]
538

History
Beis Medrash of Yeshivas Kerem B'Yavne

Founded in 1954, Kerem BeYavneh was the first Yeshivat Hesder. The first Rosh Yeshiva of Kerem B'Yavneh was the renowned scholar Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht. Following his retirement, Goldvicht was succeeded by Rabbi Mordechai Greenberg, himself an alumnus of the yeshiva, and Rosh Kollel. In the summer zman of 5774, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Blachman was appointed to be the Associate Rosh Yeshiva to Rav Greenberg, shlita. The current Head of the Overseas Program is Rabbi David Zahtz.

Like all Yeshivot Hesder, Kerem B'Yavneh is a religious Zionist institution, advocating the position that the State of Israel is a concrete step forward in the coming of the final redemption. It also has an open outlook towards western culture, both with faculty holding university degrees and students attending university.[2]

Inside Yeshivas Kerem B'Yavne Beis Medrash during Rav Kav's shiur klali
Shiur Klali in Kerem B'Yavne

Programs within the yeshiva include a Hesder track, a gap-year for overseas students, and a Kollel Rabbanut as well as a Kollel Ledayanut (a Kollel for training of religious court judges).

The yeshiva has an enrollment of around 300 students, including students from Israel and from overseas, most of whom reside in dormitories on campus. Overseas students come mainly from the United States, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Canada, but also other countries.

Notable rabbinic alumni

A number of the staff and rabbinic alumni at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary studied at Kerem B'Yavneh, including:

Other notable alumni

References
  1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. "Staff". Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh.
  3. "Biography".
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