The Har Bracha Institute is a center for research and spiritual creation stemming from the Beit Midrash of Yeshiva Har Bracha. The Institute’s team of researchers is dedicated to the development and dissemination of the wisdom of the Torah in numerous and diverse ways, including research, drafting, and publishing.
Publishing
The crown jewel of the Institute’s activities is the writing, editing, and distribution of Torah works originating from the Beit Midrash of Yeshiva Har Bracha.
Among our central projects are:
The popular halakhic series, Peninei Halakha.
Revivim – Rabbi Eliezer Melamed’s weekly column published in the Besheva newspaper, compiled into a three-volume series.
The works of Rabbi Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin – a new, enlightening edition.
Commentaries on the writings of Rabbi Kook.
The Bina La’Itim series – an in-depth exploration of Jewish history and identity.
School Study Programs
Toshba (Oral Torah) With the goal of strengthening halakha studies in Religious Zionist educational institutions, the Institute’s team works to develop innovative study programs in collaboration with the Ministry of Education’s Superintendent of Oral Torah and dozens of high schools.
In recent years, halakha matriculation (Bagrut) units have been approved and are being taught with great success as part of comprehensive halakhic curricula in yeshivas and ulpanas across the country. The team sees great success in its efforts to deepen halakha studies – in both quality and quantity – and to constantly raise the level of Torah study within the education system.
History Textbooks The Institute initiated the production of a series of history textbooks for the State-Religious (Mamad) school system, recognizing the great need for textbooks of the highest caliber. These books meet the highest standards of research, content, and visual design, in full accordance with the updated curriculum outlined by the Ministry of Education’s professional committee.
The writing of these books is done in collaboration with educational professionals and top-tier researchers and writers in Israel.
Books published to date:
Tradition and Revolutions: Tradition and Modernity in the History of the Nations and the History of Israel – for 10th grade
Destruction and Heroism: Nazism and the Holocaust – for 11th grade
The Return to Zion – for 11th and 12th grades
The Struggle for the Spirit – for 6th grade
Exiles and Discoveries – for 7th grade
Today, these have become the primary history textbooks taught throughout the State-Religious educational system.