About the program
Post-high-school students from abroad, in a small overseas program inside an Israeli yeshiva gavoha (not hesder), whose Israeli students learn for several years before their army service.
A yeshiva gavoha in the religious yishuv of Mitzpe Yericho, in the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea, with a small overseas program inside the larger Israeli yeshiva. Overseas students have a complete program in English with English-speaking rebbeim: Gemara iyun in the morning, Gemara bekiut with the yeshiva's own chazara method in the afternoon, and night seder in chavruta with older Israeli students, alongside shiurim on Tanach, halacha, Jewish philosophy, mussar, the thought of Rav Kook, Religious Zionism and Chasidut. The site describes its vision as learning in order to inspire, the unique Torah of Eretz Yisrael, and "a life of mission".
The facts
- Type
- Yeshiva
- Location
- 1 Dvir Street 9065100, Mitzpe Yericho
- Rashei Yeshiva
- Rav Shabtai Sabato; Rav Yitzchak Sabato
- Number of students
- Not published on the program's website. Ask the program.
- Tuition
- Not published on the program's website. Ask the program.
- College credit
- Not published on the program's website. Ask the program.
- Housing and meals
- Newly built, air-conditioned dormitories on the yeshiva campus, with rooms for five or six students; each room has closet space, two bathrooms with showers and a small kitchen area. Students are also assigned "adopted families" in the yishuv's English-speaking community.
- Tracks and options
- Overseas Program (within the Israeli yeshiva gavoha)
- Night seder chavruta with older Israeli students
See it for yourself
The yeshiva's own videos. Each one plays from YouTube only when you press Play. We don't copy photos from the yeshiva's website, so their own pages are linked instead.
Yeshivat Mitzpe Yericho | Growth in Torah for You – a Life Mission for Am Yisrael
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Their pages elsewhere
Linked from the yeshiva's own website.
The year in detail
As their own website describes it. A missing heading means their site didn't say.
- Founded
- The yeshiva's English brochure (2024) says Rav Shabtai Sabato, a student of Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook at Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav, founded the yeshiva thirty years ago in Mitzpe Yericho. Its Hebrew site calls the yeshiva gavoha "Maor Tuvia".
- Learning and the daily schedule
- Morning seder is Gemara iyun: a short preparation session, seder and shiur. Afternoon seder is Gemara bekiut (shiur, chavruta and chazara), covering a significant portion of Shas. Night seder is chavruta with older Israeli students, plus chaburot and a weekly gathering at a rebbe's home. Further shiurim cover halacha, Tanach, Mishna, emuna, middot, Jewish philosophy and Chasidut, and overseas students can also attend much of the Hebrew curriculum.
- Shabbat
- Two out of every three Shabbatot are "Shabbat Yeshiva", and students spend a number of the chagim in yeshiva. Tefillot have lively singing and dancing, the seudot have zemirot, and students gather for a tish with one of the rebbeim after the Shabbat evening meal; they are sometimes invited to eat with English-speaking families in the yishuv. Before chagim there are special shiurim and a hitva'adut, and students experience both Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions.
- Trips
- A tiyul and excursion program visits sites from the times of Tanach, the Second Temple and Chazal through to the State of Israel today, including multi-day tiyulim and off-campus Shabbatonim.
- Campus and housing
- A large campus with a new beit midrash at the edge of the yishuv, classrooms, a computer room and a large dining hall, plus a gym, a music room, a soccer field, a basketball court and a cooking room. The site says the yishuv has about 600 families, a grocery store, a pizza store, a gym and a swimming pool, and is twenty-five minutes from Jerusalem by bus.
- Also on their site
- The brochure says some shiurim take place in the science laboratory, where Rav Sabato explains Torah concepts through scientific experiments. The yeshiva publishes its shiurim as a podcast.
- Named on their site
- Rav ZviEli Scholnick - Head of Overseas Program
- Rav Tzvi Goldstein - Morning Seder Ram
- Rav Eli Dordek - Afternoon Seder Ram
- Rav Moshe Nachbar - Director of Recruitment
- Rav Yechiel Yehoshua van Tijn - Shoel Umeshiv
Applying
How they take applications
The site's Apply Now button goes to the Joint Yeshiva Application. Their admissions page (opens in a new tab).
The shared application
This yeshiva is listed on the Joint Yeshiva Application (opens in a new tab), one form that many Israel yeshivas share. When we checked on October 22, 2026, its school list gave the deadline as January 15, 2027 (for the 2027-28 year). Its home page still showed last season's wording, so confirm the date on the site.
Keep track
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Where it is
On their website: Dvir Street, Mitzpe Yericho
See it on the map
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Nearby
Straight-line distances, to give a sense of the area. Roads are longer.
- Ma'ale Adumim town center10.1 km · 6.2 mi
- Ammunition Hill light rail stop15.2 km · 9.4 mi
- Western Wall (Kotel)15.4 km · 9.6 mi
- Mamilla Mall16.4 km · 10.2 mi
- The First Station16.7 km · 10.3 mi
- Ben Gurion Airport52.6 km · 32.7 mi
Yeshivas closest to it
- Yeshivat Birkat Moshe8.7 km · 5.4 mi
- Lev Aryeh Yeshiva13.7 km · 8.5 mi
- Yeshivas Bais Yisroel13.9 km · 8.7 mi
- Yeshivas Ohr Hatzafon15.2 km · 9.5 mi
Where the details above come from
Read on ymy.org.il on October 23, 2026:
- https://ymy.org.il/about/
- https://ymy.org.il/yeshiva-vision/
- https://ymy.org.il/curriculum/
- https://ymy.org.il/campus/
- https://ymy.org.il/staff/
- https://ymy.org.il/life-in-yeshiva/shabbatchag/
- https://ymy.org.il/life-in-yeshiva/extracurricular-activities/
- https://ymy.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/חוברת-אנגלית-מצפה-ירחו-Final-.pdf
Where this information comes from
Everything on this page was taken from the program's own website and last checked on October 23, 2026. Details change, so confirm with the program before you rely on them. The photo shows Sea of Galilee, not the program or its campus.
- https://ymy.org.il/
- https://ymy.org.il/about/
- https://ymy.org.il/yeshiva-vision/
- https://ymy.org.il/curriculum/
- https://ymy.org.il/campus/
- https://ymy.org.il/staff/
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