History
In 1968, shortly after the Six Day War, a movement was founded to resettle the Gush Etzion region. Rabbi Yehuda Amital, a prominent rabbi and Jewish educator was asked to head the yeshiva. First established in Kfar Etzion, it moved to Alon Shvut, where it developed into a major institution. On January 4, 2006, Rabbis Yaaqov Medan and Baruch Gigi joined Rabbis Amital and Aharon Lichtenstein as roshei yeshiva in anticipation of Rabbi Amital's upcoming retirement. Rabbi Moshe Lichtenstein has also been added to the list of roshei yeshiva. Rabbi Amital's involvement in the yeshiva effectively ended due to illness in Fall 2009, and he died on July 9 (27 Tammuz), 2010.
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