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Important Links:

 

  • This is the Gap Year Application Database: https://www.yeshivaapplication.org/​

  • YU has a great directory that summarizes key information about the yeshivas, you can check it out below. We have a list here as well for each yeshivas website nevertheless.​

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For information events/sessions and financial aid inquiries, check out this website to see when the place you're interested in having a session or to look at scholarships. Your high school may offer a scholarship as well.

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​Yeshiva List:

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  1. Aish Gesher, Old City, Jerusalem

  2. Ashreinu, Bet Shemesh 

  3. Birkat Moshe, Maaleh Adumen

  4. Darcha Noam-David Shapell College, Beit Hakerem, Jerusalem

  5. Derech Institute, Maalot Dafna, Jerusalem

  6. Eretz Hatzvi, Katamon Jerusalem 

  7. Hakotel, Old City, Jerusalem

  8. Har Etzion, Alon Shvut

  9. Kerem B'Yavneh (KBY), right next to Ashdod

  10. Lev Hatorah, Ramat Bet Shemesh

  11. Ma'ale Gilboa Yeshiva, Ma'ale Gilboa

  12. Migdal Hatorah, Modiin

  13. Moreshet Yerushalayem, Givat Shaul, Jerusalem

  14. Netiv Aryeh, Old City, Jerusalem

  15. Orayta, Old City, Jerusalem

  16. Reishit, Bet Shemesh

  17. Sha'alvim, Nof Ayalon

  18. Sha'arei Mevaseret Zion, Mevaseret

  19. Tiferet Yerushalayim, Har Nof, Jerusalem

  20. Torat Shraga, Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem

  21. Torah v'Avoda (TVA), Eretz Hemida, Jerusalem

  22. Yishrei Lev, Kiryat Yearim

  23. Yeshivas Matisyahu, Moshav Matityahu

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Gap-Year Directory

 

Below we've got a list of Yeshivas. If there's one we missed, please let us know.

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Your best chance at finding the right place for you is to speak with alumni from the programs you're interested in, particularly someone who knows you or knows you at least somewhat well.

 

For Yeshivas, if you want to learn Gemara nonstop and/or go to a place where a lot of the guys make Aliyah afterward- obviously some places will be better suited for you than others. Don't go around trying to get the "buzz" on each place- those are just rumors. Hear it from people who went there, ask the teacher leading Gap-Year guidance at your high school, and go hear the Yeshiva/program representative's presentation.

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Some information is important from these websites, but to be totally honest, you have to talk with alumni or a representative to get a sense for the place. No one is blown away by a yeshiva website that says they're a pro-Israel Yeshiva that learns Gemara and goes on trips- that's almost every place. We won't even write brief descriptions on the Yeshivot because it won't clue you into anything significant at all. The main thing that differentiates a place is its culture and what kind of guys go there.​

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