page_title: Yeshivat HaHesder Yerucham
section_title: Educational staff
hierarchical_section_title: Yeshivat HaHesder Yerucham / Educational staff
caption_attribution_description: עברית: הרב אליהו בלומנצויג, ראש ישיבת ההסדר בירוחם
context_page_description: Yeshiva Yerucham
  Yeshivat Hesder Yerucham is a hesder yeshiva located in the development town of Yeruham, Israel. It was founded in 1993 and currently there are over 220 students. It is known for its high level of Gemara learning.
context_section_description: In addition to Rabbi Blumenzweig, the other rabbis who teach in the Yeshiva are  Rabbi Uriel Eitam, Rabbi Chaim Wolfson, Rabbi Shai Gnizi, Rabbi Shmuel Gleizer, Rabbi Achiya Ben Pazi, Rabbi Asher Weiss, Rabbi Ido Heber, Rabbi Shmuel Ariel, and Rabbi Elyakim Sharir. Rabbi Gnizi, Rabbi Gleizer, Rabbi Asher Weiss, and Rabbi Ben Pazi all began as students in the yeshiva. There are also rabbis who come from afar to give weekly classes, such as Rabbi Eliyahu Bazak and Rabbi Meir Kahana. Previously there were other teachers who have since left. These include Rabbi Dr. Michael Abraham, Rabbi Ehud Barzilai, Rabbi Yair Ya'acobi (who is now serving as the rosh yeshiva of yerucham's religious highschool "B'levav Shalem"), Rabbi Avi Luria, Rabbis Yoseph Elitzor, and Rabbi Nir Weinberg (who left to establish and head the Hazor'im Yeshiva High-School in the lower Galilee).
caption: Rabbi Blumenzweig
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