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Yeshivat HaKotel (Hebrew:ישיבת הכותל,lit. 'Yeshiva of the Western Wall') is areligious ZionistHesderyeshiva in theOld City ofJerusalem, opposite theTemple Mount and overlooking theKotel (Western Wall), hence its name. Most of the students are in the Israeli Hesder program which combines at least fifteen months of army service with several years of Yeshiva study.[1]
Baruch Wieder, the formerrosh kollel, is therosh yeshiva. The previous rosh yeshiva wasYeshayahu Hadari, who served for more than thirty years, although not consecutively.Mordechai Elon was rosh yeshiva from 2002–2006.
Yeshivat HaKotel has a program for English-speaking students that offers integration with Israelis, a broad comprehensive curriculum inTalmud,Tanakh,Machshava,Halacha, andMussar.
In 2006, Yeshivat HaKotel opened a new program for Portuguese and Spanish-speaking students headed by Brazilian-born rabbi Daniel Segal. As of 2011, more than 100 students from Latin American countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Colombia, and also from Portugal and Spain, have graduated this program.[2]
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The yeshiva was founded shortly after theSix-Day War in 1967 in the Old City of Jerusalem by Aryeh Bina, who at that time was a rabbi in Yeshivat Netiv Meir. The firstShavuot after the war, approximately a week after the recapture of the old city, Bina and his students began studying in former Jordanian barracks, then relocated to a homeless shelter in the "old square."
In the early 1980s the yeshiva moved to its current location. While the foundation was being dug, an archaeological site was discovered, now known as theHerodian Quarter. This significantly delayed the building's construction while archaeological excavations were completed so the building was not dedicated until the middle of the 1980s. It now covers the largest area of any building in the Jewish Quarter. The dormitories are designed to house 350 students.
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