Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav

Mercaz HaRav is a national-religious yeshiva in , founded in 1924 by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Located in the city's neighborhood, it has become the most prominent religious-Zionist yeshiva in the world and synonymous with Rabbi Kook's teachings.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Synagogue
  • Description: national-religious yeshiva in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Mercaz”, “Mercaz haRav”, “Mercaz Harav”, “Mercaz HaRav”, “Mercaz HaRav Kook”, “Merkaz haRav”, “Merkaz Harav”, “Merkaz HaRav”, “Merkaz Harav Kook”, “Merkaz Harav seminary”, “Yeshivat Mercaz haRav”, and “Yeshivat Merkaz Harav”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Binyanei HaUma and Yashlatz.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The International Convention Center, commonly known as , is a concert hall and convention center in Giv'at Ram in , . is situated 590 metres east of Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav.

School
is a religious Zionist yeshiva high school in . 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.

Museum
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an art and archaeology museum in . It was established in 1965 as 's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum. is situated 2 km south of Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat Moshe and Givat Shaul.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in , named for the British Jewish philanthropist Moses Montefiore. is bordered by and .

Suburb
Photo: Yoninah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in . The neighborhood is located at the western entrance to the city, east of the neighborhood of and north of . stands 820 meters above sea level.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in northwest , just off the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway at the main entrance to the city. It occupies the highest hill in Jerusalem.

Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav

Latitude
31.7878° or 31° 47′ 16″ north
Longitude
35.19671° or 35° 11′ 48″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 162873892
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q2916146
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Satellite Map

Discover Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركاز هاراف”
  • Catalan: “Ieixivà Mercaz HaRav Kook”
  • Catalan: “Mercaz Harav Kook”
  • Czech: “Merkaz ha-rav”
  • Esperanto: “Merkaz Harav Kook”
  • Esperanto: “Merkaz Harav”
  • French: “Mercaz HaRav”
  • French: “Merkaz Harav”
  • French: “Yechiva Merkaz Harav”
  • German: “Jaschlaz”
  • German: “Merkas HaRaw Kook”
  • German: “Rabbi-Kook-Zentrum”
  • Hebrew: “בשביל הנשמה”
  • Hebrew: “הישיבה המרכזית העולמית”
  • Hebrew: “ישיבת מרכז הרב קוק”
  • Hebrew: “ישיבת מרכז הרב”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז הרב”
  • Japanese: “メルカツ・ハラヴ・クーク”
  • Japanese: “メルカツ・ハラヴ”
  • Ladino: “Merkaz ARav”
  • Ladino: “Merkaz HaRav”
  • Portuguese: “Merkaz Harav”
  • Portuguese: “Yehivat Merkaz Harav”
  • Portuguese: “Yeshivat Merkaz Harav”
  • Romanian: “Merkaz Harav Kook”
  • Russian: “Мерказ Арав”
  • Russian: “Мерказ ха-Рав”
  • Spanish: “Yeshivá Mercaz HaRav Kook”
  • Yiddish: “מרכז הרב קוק”
  • Yiddish: “מרכז הרב”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ישיבת מרכז הרב and Jerusalem Yeshiva for teenagers.

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