History
In the early 1970s, a group of Religious Zionists settled in Yeruham with the goal of minimizing socioeconomic gaps that divide Israeli society. Over time, the group grew in number and expanded its activities by taking on educational responsibilities as well. After establishing "Midreshet B'Yahad", a Seminar Center of Judaism, Society and Zionism Studies, the group realized the need for a yeshiva as the next step in strengthening the existing projects by bringing youth to Yeruham.
The leader of this group, Shmuel Friedman Ben-Shalom, approached Rabbi Eliyhau Blumenzweig, who at the time taught at Yeshivat Har Etzion, with a proposition to lead the future yeshiva, which he accepted. The yeshiva subsequently opened its doors in 1993.
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