Congratulations to our 8 current and former Kollelnikim
upon receiving Semicha this month! 

Yeshiva Ram Rav Yishai Jeselson; Former madrich bnei chul Ariel Brounstein ’05H; Uriya Dor ’09H; Yaniv Elmaliach ’09H; Gatacho Barhano ’13K; Yehuda Baras ’08H; Dvir Baris ’09H; Daniel Reutlinger ’13K. Yishar Koach!

HAR ETZION IS COMING TO TOWN!!

This coming Shabbat, Parashat Tazria,

Rabbi Moshe Taragin will be the scholar-in-residence

at the Young Israel Aish of Las Vegas

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag will be the scholar-in-residence

at the Anshei Chesed Congregation of Boynton Beach.

     

The Yoni Jesner z”l program facilitates many alumni visiting during their winter break, making this a particularly enjoyable time in Yeshiva, seeing so many friendly faces.  The visiting alumni were treated to vaad with Rabbi Moshe Taragin, a Q&A with Rosh Yeshiva Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein, and a lunch with the Ramim. And more to come!

HAR ETZION IS COMING TO TOWN!

This past Shabbat, Parashat Tetzaveh,

Rabbi Moshe Taragin was the scholar-in-residence

at Ohr Saadya in Teaneck, NJ.

Rabbi Taragin also spoke 
on Sunday morning at Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, NJ on
"Has Brisker Creativity and Tanach Analysis
Eliminated the Awe of Talmud Torah" - Listen here.

HAR ETZION IS COMING TO TOWN!

This Shabbat, Parashat Teruma,

Eli Weber will be giving the Minchat Chinuch shiur
after the 830 AM minyan at Bnei Yeshurun in Teaneck, NJ.

Rabbi Moshe Taragin will be the scholar-in-residence
at Congregation KINS in Chicago, IL.

Rabbi Taragin will also be speaking
this coming Sunday morning at Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, NJ.

Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb will be the scholar-in-residence
at the Young Israel of West Hempstead, NY.

We regret to inform you of the passing of 

Dr. Shoshana Avner z"l 
sister of Moreinu HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein ztl 

The funeral took place Thursday Jan 31st, 2019.

Her sister will be sitting shiva at 
15 Rechov Azriel in Givat Shaul, Yerushalayim

HAR ETZION IS COMING TO TOWN!

With Rav Mordechai Friedman in the UK, Shabbat Parashat Yitro

and Wed thru Sunday Feb 3rd in the USA!

and Rav Yair Kahn in the USA this week as well.

For complete details, click here...

AND MORE!

CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE FOR THE COMPLETE Mishpatim SCHEDULE!

Rabbi Gottlieb will be Scholar-in-Residence in West Hempstead, Shabbat Parshat Teruma. Click here for details.

We were pleased to hear that the Jerusalem Municipality's Names Committee, with the encouragement of Mr. Dov Kalmanovich (Machzor Zayin), the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, decided to name a street after Moreinu Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l in a new neighborhood on the slopes of Givat Masua. The rabbi, who so loved the city, merited a street named after him; yishar koach to his student, who was privileged to promote this worthy and moving commemoration. 

For a selection of shiurim by Moreinu Harav Amital zt"l, click here.

An Incredible Opportunity to Understand
the Tefillot of Yom Kippur 

For many, the most difficult part of the יום כיפור davening is the עבודה, also known as אמיץ כח - a long, detailed and intricate description of the process that the כהן גדול would go through on יום כיפור.

After many years of giving his shiur on ליל יום כיפור about אמיץ כח, Rav Pini has published a book which takes the reader through אמיץ כח, bringing the sources (both תורה שבכתב and תורה שבעל פה) for, and giving context to, each and every stage, from beginning to end.

For details, click here.

We are at the beginning of the month of Elul,
a month full of returns.

Return to the Beit Midrash and Return in Repentance.

We are thrilled to welcome all our Yeshiva students,
and are excited by the enrollment of nearly 60 overseas students in the incoming Shana Alef class,
as well as over 80 students in the incoming Hesder year, 
joining the benches of the beit midrash. Enjoy these photos!

  

The Special Alumni Study Day during Asseret Yemei Teshuva, 
will be held on Monday, 8 Tishrei (17.9) from 9:00 to 19:15.

Click here for schedule and registration.

NEW BOOK

A LIFE STEADY AND WHOLE

Recollections and Appreciations
of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, zt"l

Edited by Elka Weber and Joel B. Wolowelsky

Available online here. 

"In his absence, as in his lifetime, we continue to ask ourselves what he would think about the way we contend with our everyday challenges and what he would say about our struggle against torpor and faithlessness." 
                                                       - Rabbi Shalom Carmy

THIS YEAR'S HERZOG COLLEGE TANAKH SUMMER STUDY DAYS WERE DEDICATED TO THE 50TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE YESHIVA. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LINEUP OF SHIURIM GIVEN ESPECIALLY IN THE YESHIVA'S HONOR.

 Click above to watch a panel discussion (in hebrew) on
How Yeshivat Har Etzion Advanced My Tanakh Study

Click here for videos of this year's English shiurim!

Click here to see a larger assortment,
including shiurim in Hebrew, French and Spanish!

Prefer listening to shiurim while driving?
Fine by us, just click here!

5 FULL DAYS OF CLASSES, 35 CLASSES A DAY, 

2 DAYS OF CLASSES IN ENGLISH,
AS WELL AS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY DAY!
PLUS CLASSES IN FRENCH AND SPANISH!!
AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE SPECIAL TANAKH-IN-HAND TIYULIM!

YISHAR KOACH FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR,
WITH OVER 7500 PEOPLE ATTENDING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD!

For a selection of shiurim by Moreinu Harav Amital zt"l, click here.

On the eighth anniversary of the death of
Moreinu veRabbeinu

Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l

special shiurim and mishnayot
were held on Tuesday July 10th
at the yeshiva. 
Click here for the complete schedule. 
To view these shiurim...

Aliya to the kever, July 10th at 7pm
Har Hamenuchot, Jerusalem, Section 32, Lot 3, Row 10

RAV PINI COHEN IN MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY!

(Parashat Korach)

Rav Pini spent a wonderful Shabbat in Melbourne as part of his annual trip meeting with prospective students and current and prospective parents. 

During his trip Rav Pini gave a Friday night Drasha in Kehillat Ohr David, and on Shabbat morning a Drasha in Bnei Akiva. 

In addition to that, there were several events with our alumni in both Melbourne and Sydney. Hope you enjoyed!

COME MEET

HARAV MOSHEH LICHTENSTEIN and RAV SHLOMO BRIN

June 7th-12th in New York and NJ

For details regarding their schedules...

LAG BA'OMER, Thursday the 18th of Iyar,
May 3rd, 2018

hundreds of alumni and friends
joined us for a special Yom Iyun
in Harav Aharon Lichtenstein's memory
on the topic of
Yeshivot Hesder: Goals and Challenges


PROGRAM DETAILS   TO LISTEN   TO WATCH

CLICK ON PICTURES ABOVE TO SEE THE EVENTS IN FULL.

TO LISTEN TO THE EVENT IN CANADA

TO LISTEN TO THE EVENT IN NY

TO LISTEN TO RECORDINGS OF THIS EVENT!

CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO ONLY.

Baruch Dayan HaEmet.

There is a chilling symbolism in the death of our alumnus Rabbi Elyashiv Knohl on the 5th of Iyar. Rav Knohl was born a few months after the fall of Gush Etzion, while his father, Dov Knohl, one of the founders of Gush Etzion, was captured by the Jordanians. Rav Knohl merited to take part in the renewal of Gush Etzion post 1967, and among other things, served as the rabbi of Kfar Etzion.

But beyond the national symbolism, Rabbi Elyashiv was both a scholar and a wonderful man, pleasant and welcoming, loving peace and pursuing peace, loved by people and certainly beloved by Hakadosh Baruch Hu. His book "Man and Woman" was a must-have for each couple before their wedding, explaining in detail the halachic foundations between man and wife, in such a way as to suit his Torah greatness and pleasant personality. 

                                                         תהא נשמתו צרורה בצרור החיים

HAR ETZION IN NORTH WOODMERE!!

CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE FOR COMPLETE PROGRAM DETAILS.

Yom HaIyun In Memory of HaRal zt"l - live!

Baruch Dayan HaEmet.

There is a chilling symbolism in the death of our alumnus Rabbi Elyashiv Knohl on the 5th of Iyar. Rav Knohl was born a few months after the fall of Gush Etzion, while his father, Dov Knohl, one of the founders of Gush Etzion, was captured by the Jordanians. Rav Knohl merited to take part in the renewal of Gush Etzion post 1967, and among other things, served as the rabbi of Kfar Etzion.

But beyond the national symbolism, Rabbi Elyashiv was both a scholar and a wonderful man, pleasant and welcoming, loving peace and pursuing peace, loved by people and certainly beloved by Hakadosh Baruch Hu. His book "Man and Woman" was a must-have for each couple before their wedding, explaining in detail the halachic foundations between man and wife, in such a way as to suit his Torah greatness and pleasant personality. 

                                                         תהא נשמתו צרורה בצרור החיים

Monday, 1 Iyar, April 16th

THE THIRD YAHRZEIT OF MOREINU VERABBEINU

HARAV AHARON LICHTENSTEIN ZT"L

CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM DETAILS.


LAG BA'OMER, Thursday the 18th of Iyar, May 3rd, 2018

we will be hosting a special Yom Iyun in his memory
on the topic of
Yeshivot Hesder: Goals and Challenges

The program will be in Hebrew.

CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM DETAILS.

IN HONOR OF MOREINU VERABBEINU'S 3RD YAHRZEIT
KTAV IS OFFERING A 30% DISCOUNT. LIMITED TIME ONLY.

NEW BOOK

A LIFE STEADY AND WHOLE

Recollections and Appreciations
of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, zt"l

Edited by Elka Weber and Joel B. Wolowelsky

Available online here.  For 30% Discount,
be sure to enter code A053118L at checkout!


"In his absence, as in his lifetime, we continue to ask ourselves what he would think about the way we contend with our everyday challenges and what he would say about our struggle against torpor and faithlessness." 
                                                       - Rabbi Shalom Carmy

You are cordially invited to a four part learning series 

with Rabbi Dr. Yonatan Grossman ('88)

on the four chapters of Megillat Ruth

at the offices of Daniel Schwartz ('85), 

York Capital Management, 767 Fifth Avenue, NYC 
(between 58th and 59th Street, 17th floor)

This four-part series will take place Tuesdays April 17 & 24  and May 1 & 15  @12:00 -1:30 PM

   Due to limited space, RSVP for each session is required.  Please click here.

The shiur will be given in basic Hebrew. A light lunch will be served.

HAR ETZION IN SOUTH AFRICA

                          with Rav Moshe Taragin    

 In Johannesburg, Thursday, March 15,
at 17:45 at the Mizrachi BM

and at 8pm at the Beit Mordechai Campus Kollel
and in Capetown, for Shabbat Parshat Vayikra and Sunday.

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HAR ETZION IN AUSTRALIA

with Rav Moshe Taragin

in Melbourne
from Tuesday March 20th to Wed March 21
and in Sydney
from Thursday March 22 thru Sunday March 25th
Click here for complete program details.

ANNUAL ETZION FOUNDATION DINNER

Tuesday, the 20th of March

6 pm Shiurim with
Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg, Rosh Beit Midrash Migdal Oz
"Question Mark or Exclamation Point:
Questions, Hallel and the Seder Night"
Rav Amnon Bazak, Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion
The Dual Meaning of the Plague of Blood

We hope you had a wonderful time!

HAR ETZION IN THE USA

with

Shabbat Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei, Rav Moshe Taragin, 
scholar in residence at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, NJ 

Wednesday, March 14th, and Thursday, March 15th, Rav Menachem Leibtag 
at Congregation Or Torah in Skokie, IL, the shul of Rabbi Zvi Engel ’92.

THIS PAST SHABBAT, Parashat Vayikra,
 
Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein, the scholar-in-residence
at Kemp Mill Synagogue in Silver Spring, Marylan;

Rav Baruch Gigi, the scholar-in-residence
at Congregation Shaarei Orah in Teaneck, NJ, the shul of Rabbi Haim Jachter ’81.

Rav Menachem Leibtag, the scholar-in-residence
at Shaarei Torah in Cincinatti, Ohio.

Rav Yonatan Shai Freedman, at Yeshiva University,
for Thursday night's Chulent and Chizuk and over Shabbat as well.

Esti Rosenberg, Rosh Beit Medrash in Migdal Oz,
will be in LA for Shabbat and will speak at Beth Jacob, the shul of Rabbi Kalman Topp ’90.

Motzaei Shabbat Vayikra, Rav Baruch Gigi and Rav Amnon Bazak, in Brooklyn, NY.

Sunday, March 18th, Rav Amnon Bazak, at Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, NJ.

Sunday, March 18th, Rav Menachem Leibtag,
at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, NJ

IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL WEEK OF GUSH TORAH!

Purim Sameach!! Click on the picture for shiurim...

Thank you Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman for joining us! 

Har Etzion in the USA

with
Rav Yair Kahn visiting college campuses on the east coast, from February 5-13. Click here for details.

with
Rav Moshe Taragin
Feb 9-10 Beth Aaron in Teaneck; 
March 10 Ahavat Achim in Englewood

with
Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Feb 9-10 Ohr Saadya in Teaneck

and with
                  Rav Menachem Leibtag
 Thursday night (February 8) at 6:15 PM at the UCLA Hillel; 
Feb 9-10 at the Westwood Kehilla in LA

WE ENJOYED SEEING YOU!!

CHODESH TOV AND ADAR SAMEACH!!

Welcome GUSH MTA 2018!!

Welcoming Gush's newest talmidim
from Australia and South Africa!

Wishing a Tzetchem LeShalom

Gush MTA 2017 

כִּי בְשִׂמְחָה תֵצֵאוּ וּבְשָׁלוֹם תּוּבָלוּן הֶהָרִים וְהַגְּבָעוֹת יִפְצְחוּ לִפְנֵיכֶם רִנָּה
וְכָל עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה יִמְחֲאוּ כָף

(photo taken by Gush shana Alef talmid, Yaacov Davidowitz)

Har Etzion in the USA

with
Rav Mordechai Friedman at Columbia University
January 27th, Parashat Beshalach
Sign up here...   Any questions? Please email Adin Goldstein

with
Rav Moshe Taragin

Feb 2-3 Beth Abraham in Bergenfield; Feb 9-10 Beth Aaron in Teaneck; March 10 Ahavat Achim in Englewood

and with
Rav Dovid Gottlieb

Sunday Feb 4th @9:30am
at Cong Beth Abraham in Bergenfield
with a shiur on:
The Rebbe-Talmid Relationship: The Key to Success

Feb 9-10 Ohr Saadya in Teaneck

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!!

WELCOMING ALL MTA ALUMNI NOW IN ISRAEL. 

CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE FOR INFO!

 
 
Revava Chanuka Yemei Iyun! 

This year's topic:

      דת.com TORAH AND THE MEDIA      

 Wednesday and Thursday, Dec 13-14, 2017. 
Click here for the complete program. Click here for pictures.

 To watch/listen to the sessions, click here.

 
 
Revava Chanuka Yemei Iyun! 

This year's topic:

      דת.com TORAH AND THE MEDIA                     

with

Rosh Yeshivat Orot Shaul, Rav Yuval Cherlow,   

Senior Israeli journalist Dan Margalit,

Dr. Tehilla Schwartz Altschuler, Israeli Institute of Democracy, 

Udi Leon, Gesher Film Fund

Emanuel Shilo, Editor of BeSheva

Yifat Ehrlich, Yediot Achronot

in addition to our Roshei yeshiva and ramim.

 Wednesday and Thursday, Dec 13-14, 2017. 
Click here for the complete program. Click here for pictures.

 To watch/listen to the sessions, click here.

 BACK IN PRINT!!

In this volume, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein explores the development of the religious personality. He advocates a life centered on the service of God, but recognizes multiple paths to this goal. Acknowledging that both the Jewish value system and human experience are multifaceted, he examines the relevant issues from an unusually wide perspective.

Rabbi Lichtenstein’s essays reflect not only a staunch commitment to Halakha and a firm grounding in rigorous Torah study, but also a deep spirituality, a profound moral sensitivity, and a keen awareness of both the challenges and opportunities of modernity. While being enlightened by Rabbi Lichtenstein’s penetrating analyses and wide-ranging learning, the reader will also be inspired by the beauty of his vision of the religious life.

Click here to read introductory chapter. To order...

For a selection of shiurim by Moreinu Harav Amital zt"l, click here.

On the seventh anniversary of the death of
Moreinu veRabbeinu Founding Rosh Yeshiva

Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l

special shiurim (in hebrew) and mishnayot were held 
leiluy nishmato on Thursday July 20th at the yeshiva. 
Click here for the complete schedule.    Listen here...

Aliya to the kever, Friday 27 Tammuz, July 21, at 10am
Har Hamenuchot, Jerusalem, Section 32, Lot 3, Row 10

SPECIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY

WITH RABBI DR. YONATAN GROSSMAN!

"The Ladder Dream: Promises and Missed Opportunities"

LUNCH AND LEARN at the offices of 

 York Capital Management

767 Fifth Avenue, NYC

(between 58th and 59th Street, 17th floor)

Thursday June 29th @ 12:30 PM 

We hope you were able to come!

The shiur was given in basic Hebrew.

RAV MOSHE TARAGIN IN RAANANA

SHABBAT PARASHAT SHELACH
(JUNE 16-17, 2017)

GIVING SHIURIM IN
BOTH HEBREW AND ENGLISH
AT BET KNESSET OHEL ARI

Click here for details

SPECIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
WITH RABBI MENACHEM LEIBTAG AND RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN

Hodu laShem Ki Tov

CLICK FOR THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE.

Yom Yerushalayim 2017 - Celebrate With Us!!

Yom Yerushalayim Sameach
- a Message from Rosh Yeshiva Harav Baruch Gigi

...For more divrei Torah regarding Yom Yerushalayim, click here

Click on the picture above for shiurim related to Yom HaZikaron / Yom HaAtzmaut.

Click here to see this year's Yom HaZikaron ceremony
at the Kfar Etzion Cemetery,
with a short shiur by Rabbi Moshe Taragin,
introducing the event.

Yehi zikhram barukh.

Thursday April 27th, 1 Iyar, on the second yahrzeit of Moreinu Harav Aharon zt"l, we will have two special shiurim in the beit midrash in Harav's memory, by Rav Meir Lichtenstein and Rav Shmuel Shimoni. (Mincha at 3pm, followed by the shiurim until 17:00). A bus will then leave for the Har Hamenuchot Cemetery, where we will gather at 18:15 at Harav's gravesite. (Area 51, Lot 1). Yehi zikho barukh.

Moreinu HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l would host a 'Seudat Mashiach' as is the hassidic custom on 'Shvei Shel Pesach.'  Here is the Niggun 'Yam LeYabasha' that the Rosh Yeshiva ztl would sing at that seuda. 

 
WE HOPE YOU HAD A HAG KASHER VE-SAMEACH!!

  
Congratulations to Rav Daniel Rhein and Racheli Schmell (Rhein) upon receiving a well-deserved, Dor l'Dor Award, at the Etzion Foundation Annual Dinner. Thank you both!!

  

Jeffrey and Michelle Greenberg Kobrin - Alumnus of the Year

Simcha and Barbara Hochman - Parents of the Year



CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!

To make a donation in their honor, click here.

 WE ARE THRILLED BY YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. עלו והצליחו!

   Shavua tov from Har Etzion's Shana Bet Shabbaton
Shabbat Ki Tisa 2017 in Chemdat!

 BACK IN PRINT!!

In this volume, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein explores the development of the religious personality. He advocates a life centered on the service of God, but recognizes multiple paths to this goal. Acknowledging that both the Jewish value system and human experience are multifaceted, he examines the relevant issues from an unusually wide perspective.

Rabbi Lichtenstein’s essays reflect not only a staunch commitment to Halakha and a firm grounding in rigorous Torah study, but also a deep spirituality, a profound moral sensitivity, and a keen awareness of both the challenges and opportunities of modernity. While being enlightened by Rabbi Lichtenstein’s penetrating analyses and wide-ranging learning, the reader will also be inspired by the beauty of his vision of the religious life.

Click here to read introductory chapter. To order...

AND NOT ONLY IN THE USA!! 

Rosh Yeshiva Harav Baruch Gigi giving shiur in Melbourne, Australia! 

CLICK HERE FOR MATERIAL PRIOR TO

PESACH 5777 / 2017