Od Yosef Chai, also known as Od Yosef Hai (Hebrew: עוד יוסף חי, Joseph still lives) is a yeshiva situated in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.[1] Od Yosef Chai includes several related institutions; a yeshiva high school, a yeshiva gedola (post-high school yeshiva), a kollel (yeshiva for married men) and the publishing house that released "The King's Torah", and other materials.[2][3]
The yeshiva was initially located at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus, but was relocated to the settlement of Yitzhar after the original site was abandoned following the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada.[4] In April 2014, the IDF seized the yeshiva, which functioned as the headquarters from where violent attacks on both nearby Palestinian villages and Israeli security forces were launched, and Talmudic studies there were suspended.[5]
- ^ "Yitzhar yeshiva demolition planned". Jerusalem Post. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ Levinson, Chaim (2012-11-02). "Ministry closes Yitzhar school over violent attacks". Haaretz. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Hz1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Inbari, Motti (2009). Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount. State University of New York Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-1438426242.
- ^ Yoav Zitun, 'IDF takes over extremist yeshiva in Yitzhar,' Ynet, 11 April 2014.