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Founding:
Yeshivat Yerushalayim L’Tzeirim (Yashlatz), was founded on the first of Elul, 5724, August 9, 1964 by Rav Yaakov Filber, one of the foremost students of Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook, zt”l.  Although adjacent to “Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav” in Jerusalem, Yashlatz was set up as a separate institute of learning with an independent administration and student body.

The Yeshiva follows the path established by Maran Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook, zt”l, and his son, Rav Tzvi Yehuda, zt”l, which was built upon a vision that included Am Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael, and Torat Yisrael.

Rav Filber assembled a staff comprised of graduates from Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav such as the Rabbis Uzi Klachhain, Tzfana Drori and Eitan Eisman (all of these people eventually became influential Rabbis in the Religious Zionist movement) to run a Yeshivah High School for teenagers aged between 12-18 with an educational program based on the educational philosophy initiated by Rav Kook. It combined Jewish Philosophy & the necessary secular studies.

Despite the fact that Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook z”tl did not tend to interfere in the Yeshivah considerations, the heads of the Yeshivah used to consult him regularly and obtain guidance from him because they were considered his students.

Roshei Yeshivot over the years:

In its first 15 years, 1964-1979; Rav Yaakov Filber, the founder of the Yeshivah served as its head. In 1979, Rav Eitan Eisman served for one year as Rav Filber’s substitute as head of the Yeshivah.

From 1980 until today, the head of Yashlatz has been Rav Yerachmiel Weiss.

Yashlatz today:

Starting in the mid-80’s, when Yashlatz, under the direction of Rav Weiss, started to prepare its students for Full Bagrut; the demand for learning in Yashlatz has grown one extra class in each grade. Today, there are 340 students learning in Yashlatz from Years 9-12. Within the framework of the Yeshivah, there is also a special education class of approximately twenty students that is opened once in four years.

Yashlatz is today considered one of the leading Yeshivah high schools in Israel, both in its religious and educational standards. Hundreds of students apply each year for the ninety available places in the ninth grade.