Yashlatz
Yashlatz is a religious Zionist yeshiva high school in Jerusalem. It was founded in 1964 by a student of the Orthodox rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook to teach teenage boys in the Mercaz Harav community.Faculty
In the first fifteen years, Rabbi Yaakov Filber, who founded the yeshiva served as the Rosh Yeshiva. Rabbi Eitan Eisamn filled in for one year in the middle. In 1979, Rabbi Filber was appointed as the rabbi of Kibbutz Hafetz Haim, and Rabbi Yerachamiel Weiss took over as the head of Yashlatz. Rabbi Weiss continued in this role until 5776 when he decided to step down due to an injury. From 5777 onward, Rabbi Yair Gizbar took on the job of the Ros yeshiva, Until then he served as the Rabbi of shiur Alef in Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav.On March 6, 2008, a terrorist opened fire at the Yeshivat Mercaz Harav, adjacent to Yashlatz. Five Yashlatz students were murdered in the school library, along with 3 students from the Yeshivat Mercaz Harav.Notable alumni
Famous graduates include Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, Rabbi Mordechai Elon, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and Colonel Dror Weinberg,, who was killed in an ambush in Hebron ambush|Hebron] in 2002.