Torah Learning at Secular High Schools!

Avrechim [married yeshiva students] learning at the Bet El Yeshiva travel once a week, every week, to secular high schools across the country to learn with groups of students who have very little connection to Torah. The idea of the project is to strengthen these students in spirituality and connection to Torah.

Last week, avrechim brought high school students for the first time to Bet El in order to introduce them to Yeshiva life, see a religious yishuv, and deepen the connection between teacher and student.

These avrechim travel every week from Bet El to a wide array of cities and towns, consistently, to learn with students who would otherwise miss the opportunity to learn Torah.

Will the IDF Remain Chametz-Free on Passover?

by Dvir Amar, Besheva, translated by Hillel Fendel

An upcoming Supreme Court decision on the IDF ban on chametz [leaven] in army bases on Passover – and the apparent inclination of the Court to nullify it – has produced an unusual multi-partisan consensus: 45 Knesset Members from parties of both the coalition and opposition are signed on a proposal to anchor the IDF's no-chametz regulations in law. 

Realpolitik Lessons for Israel from Ukraine

by Emanuel Shilo, Editor of Besheva, translated by Hillel Fendel

We must not give up on a strong army; international guarantees cannot replace strategic assets; and we may not blink vis-à-vis dictatorial regimes and aggressive rulers. Here's what Israel has to learn from Ukraine's bitter fate.

Interview With Baruch Gordon on Perspectives of Aliyah

Interview conducted by Sharona Cohen

Baruch Gordon tells about his journey to Israel and the Bet El Yeshiva, and provides some perspective for Jews struggling with the decision to make Aliyah.

All About the Yeshiva

by Hillel Fendel

Yeshivat Bet El

It was late autumn of 1977 (5738) when a group of pioneer students from Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav in Jerusalem made its way to the mountains of Binyamin. Their goals were: to establish a new Jewish presence, to build a Yeshiva, and to make the desolate area bloom. Led by HaRav Zalman Baruch Melamed and Reb Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh), the group had the blessing and encouragement of Rav Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook, of holy blessed memory.