Yashlatz

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Yashlatz is a National Religious Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem. It was founded in 1964 to serve as institution of choice for teenage boys of the Merkaz Harav community. It became a flagship institution, and now has an enrollment of approximately 300 students. On March 6, 2008, The nearby library of Merkaz Harav was subject to an Arab terrorist attack, and 5 of its students were murdered.

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The Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Yerachamiel Weiss. Notable National Religious Rabbis teach, and have taught in Yashlatz in the past. Among them are Rabbi David samson, Rabbi Haim Steiner.