66 programs found
Gap Year · Kibbutz Ma'ale Gilboa
A Shiluv yeshiva combining two years of Torah study with the full three years of IDF service (rather than the shorter Hesder track), emphasizing rigorous study alongside intellectual openness and social consciousness; its overseas program is fully integrated with the Israeli program, adding English-language classes on top of the Hebrew ones, and draws post-high-school and post-college students from the US, UK, and Australia.
Gap Year · Sanhedria Murchevet, Jerusalem
An English-speaking Litvish Orthodox yeshiva founded in 1982 by Rabbi Moshe Meiselman for serious advanced Talmud students from English-speaking countries, with over 1,000 graduates; students study 10.5 hours daily across Talmud, Mussar, and Halacha.
Custom · Old City, Jerusalem
A 28-day introductory-to-Judaism program in the Old City for ages 18-29, covering topics like practical spirituality and Genesis alongside science, priced as an all-inclusive package with round-trip airfare from New York, meals, housing, and classes; a shorter, more affordable track distinct from Aish HaTorah's longer Aish Gesher and Foundations programs.
$499 all-inclusive (airfare from NY, meals, housing, classes)
Gap Year · Kiryat Ye'arim, near Jerusalem
A gap-year yeshiva for English-speaking young men who feel disengaged from Jewish life or have struggled in more conventional yeshiva settings, pairing Torah learning with trips, music, and relationship-driven mentorship from rebbeim; the affiliated Maalot program offers a fully accredited Bachelor of Arts pathway through Excelsior College.
Custom · Jerusalem
A hybrid program letting English-speaking students combine a post-high-school yeshiva experience with a real academic degree: Torah/yeshiva studies in English in the morning, and English-taught coursework toward a Computer Science or Business Administration degree in the afternoon, with optional Hebrew ulpan.
Custom · Jewish Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem
A yeshiva founded in 1989 just above the Cardo in the Old City's Jewish Quarter, offering full-time beginning, intermediate and advanced learning programs as well as intensive short-term programs for visitors from abroad, drawing students of all ages and Jewish backgrounds.
Gap Year · Mevaseret Zion (suburb of Jerusalem)
A post-high-school yeshiva for boys from North America, the UK, South America and Australia, offering Gemara shiurim across all learning levels alongside Mussar, Hashkafa, Chassidus, Tanach and Halacha study, with roughly 70% of students returning for an official Shana Bet second year.
Gap Year · Mount Zion, Old City, Jerusalem
A gap-year program for male high school graduates on Mount Zion combining two to three daily sedarim of Torah/Talmud study tailored to each student's level with the option to earn an accredited Bachelor of Arts degree within a year, located minutes from the Western Wall.
5,600 NIS (~$1,800) per month for yeshiva tuition, room and board; approximately $12,000 additional for the B.A. track; tuition subsidies available on request
Gap Year · Har Nof, Jerusalem
A yeshiva founded in 1982 for Jewish, English-speaking college graduates and young professionals in their 20s and 30s pausing careers to spend a year or two on Torah learning, personal development and communal life, blending early-morning prayer, chevrusa study and lectures.
$15,500 per year (tuition, room and board)
Custom · Jerusalem
A yeshiva for English-speaking college graduates and young professionals in their 20s and 30s, founded in 1978, offering long-term (6+ months), medium-term (3-6 months) and short-term (1-3 months) Torah study tracks in Gemara, Chumash, Halacha and Hashkafa alongside character development.
Custom · Old City, Jerusalem
A flexible-length program for college students on a gap year or semester break exploring Judaism with no background assumed, offering three hours of morning and three hours of afternoon classes covering Jewish philosophy, personal growth, history and text study, with optional evening programming.
Gap Year · Old City, Jerusalem
A year-long post-high-school program in Jerusalem's Old City for young men graduating from public high schools who want a traditional yeshiva experience, studying Jewish texts at a serious level alongside leadership development, located in Aish's Old City campus with classrooms, a dining hall and gym.
Gap Year · Jerusalem
A program at the Jerusalem baal-teshuva yeshiva founded in 1970, designed for motivated post-high-school students who may lack a strong formal Jewish education but have the intellectual drive to independently study classical Jewish texts including Talmud and responsa, taught by faculty trained to teach from absolute zero.
Gap Year · Four locations across Israel
A World Bnei Akiva year program geared specifically toward participants from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, immersing them in Beit Midrash learning and Torat Eretz Yisrael at one of four campuses.
Gap Year · Dead Sea region — Ein Gedi (girls) and Mitzpe Shalem (boys)
A pluralistic, gender-separated pre-military academy in the Dead Sea region combining the standard mechina curriculum of Jewish identity, Zionism and leadership with the unique desert and Dead Sea environment across its two single-gender campuses.
$14,000-$16,000 (covers education, room, board, transit, insurance and laundry)
Gap Year · Tel Aviv
An elite gap-year program for young men combining a Rosh Yeshiva-led Beit Midrash focused on Torah study and business ethics with real internships at Tel Aviv startups, aiming to prepare talmidim for both a Torah-centered life and a career in the Startup Nation's tech industry.
Gap Year · Jerusalem (Sderot Ben Tsvi 7, near the shuk and Old City)
A Chabad-Chassidic yeshiva program for male high-school graduates ages 18-19, offering Torah study with a Chassidic approach in a dedicated Post High School track on Mayanot's Men's Campus. No prior Hebrew, Jewish studies background, or religious commitment required for acceptance. Runs a full academic year (with a 3-week Pesach break) but students may also come for just a semester or as little as 3 weeks.
(unconfirmed - see Mayanot's tuition PDF) contact admissions for current figures
Gap Year · Eli, Shomron
Founded in 1988 by Rabbis Eli Sadan and Yigal Levinstein, this was the first pre-military mechina in Israel, preparing religious Zionist young men for combat and officer roles in the IDF through Torah study, leadership training, and physical preparation. Israeli-only, Hebrew-language program with no overseas track.
Custom · Jerusalem (Bayit Vegan)
A historic Litvish yeshiva founded in 1939, the first mainstream Haredi yeshiva to teach in Hebrew rather than Yiddish, long associated with Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach; Israeli/Haredi students only, no overseas program.
No tuition (standard for Haredi yeshivot)
Custom · Jerusalem (Givat Mordechai)
A major Litvish yeshiva with ~1,400 students, one of the most prestigious Haredi yeshivot in the world; predominantly Israeli-student focused with no formal overseas program.
No tuition (standard for Haredi yeshivot)
Custom · Jerusalem
An elite, highly selective Litvish yeshiva led by the Soloveitchik dynasty, known for the analytical 'Brisker method'; serves Israeli/Haredi students almost exclusively with no dedicated overseas program.
No tuition (standard for Haredi yeshivot)
Custom · Jerusalem (Beit Yisrael)
One of the largest yeshivot in the world with thousands of students; its core beit midrash is predominantly Israeli/Haredi, but it also hosts a very large, long-established American/overseas division for English speakers.
Custom · Bnei Brak
One of the world's foremost Litvish (non-Hasidic Haredi) yeshivot, re-established in Bnei Brak in 1944 with thousands of students; Israeli/Haredi-students-only with no formal overseas program.
No tuition (standard for Haredi yeshivot)
Custom · Jerusalem (Kiryat Moshe)
Flagship religious-Zionist yeshiva gevoha founded in 1924 by Rav Kook, with 600+ students; Israeli-students-only in practice with no dedicated overseas program.
No tuition charged (standard for Israeli yeshivot)
Gap Year · Mitzpe Yericho (Judean Desert)
A Religious Zionist yeshiva founded by Rav Shabtai Sabato, shaped by the teachings of Rav Kook; it runs a dedicated overseas program for American high-school graduates in a small desert community 20 minutes from Jerusalem.
Gap Year · Kerem B'Yavne (near Yavne)
A leading Israeli-style hesder yeshiva with a Religious Zionist outlook, drawing overseas students into a rigorous, mostly Hebrew-language beit midrash focused on independent in-depth study of Gemara and Rishonim.
Gap Year · Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem
A Religious Zionist yeshiva inspired by Rav Kook, whose English Department combines morning Jewish studies with afternoon Hebrew ulpan, serving beginners through advanced students, including those considering aliyah.
Gap Year · Givat Mordechai, Jerusalem
A Modern Orthodox, Religious Zionist gap-year yeshiva ('Serious Torah for a Complex World') emphasizing skills for independent Talmud study, contemporary halacha, and machshava, sharing a campus with Machon Lev.
Gap Year · Ramat Beit Shemesh
A Religious Zionist gap-year yeshiva for overseas young men aiming to build independent learners with devotion to Eretz Yisrael; the first Anglo yeshiva accepted into the Hesder Yeshivot organization, and runs Lev LaChayal for lone soldiers.
Gap Year · Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem
A gap-year yeshiva for North American young men founded in 1981, emphasizing rigorous independent Talmud study, intensive chavruta learning, and close rebbe-talmid relationships within a Modern Orthodox framework.
Gap Year · Modi'in
Founded in 2012, the only gap-year yeshiva in Modi'in, built primarily for overseas students; an English-language curriculum covers Gemara, Tanach, Halacha, Jewish history and philosophy with an emphasis on real-world halacha, with students in apartments.
~$35,500 (2026-2027), scholarships available
Gap Year · Old City, Jerusalem
A Religious Zionist, text-based yeshiva in Jerusalem's Old City for motivated post-high-school young men, offering full-day immersive learning or a flexible schedule combining Torah study with internships or coursework.
Gap Year · Old City, Jerusalem
A Religious Zionist yeshiva overlooking the Western Wall that integrates overseas talmidim directly with its Israeli student body while providing extra shiurim for English speakers; offers joint credit with Yeshiva University and Touro.
Gap Year · Old City, Jerusalem
A Religious Zionist yeshiva on the Western Wall Plaza, founded in 1967 by Rav Aryeh Bina; its One Year Program blends academic and skills-based Talmud study for overseas students, with Sephardic, British, and Shana Bet tracks.
Gap Year · Beit Shemesh
A Religious Zionist gap-year yeshiva for young men focused on serious Talmud study, passionate Avodat Hashem, and character development, with a dedicated program for overseas students (in partnership with NCSY).
Gap Year · Sha'alvim (Ayalon Valley)
A Religious Zionist hesder yeshiva emphasizing rigorous conceptual Talmud study and Religious Zionist values; its Moty Hornstein Institute for Overseas Students brings English-speaking students into the yeshiva alongside Israelis.
Gap Year · Alon Shevut, Gush Etzion
A leading Religious Zionist hesder yeshiva founded by Rav Yehuda Amital and Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, combining rigorous Talmud study with intellectual openness; its Dr. William Major Overseas Students Program integrates English-speaking students into the main beit midrash.
Information may not be 100% accurate. If you're interested in a program, we recommend contacting them directly to confirm details.