Mitzpeh Leah — A Chareidi Yishuv in the Binyamin Hills
Mitzpeh Leah (also spelled Mitzpe Leah) is a new Chareidi yishuv in the Binyamin hills, about twenty minutes from Jerusalem, founded as part of the Hityashvut Chareidit movement. Chareidi families already live and learn Torah there, overlooking the landscapes of Eretz Yisroel, in a community built from the ground up around its beit midrash and kollel.
The yishuv has been widely covered in the Chareidi press, which called it "the first Chareidi outpost in Israel" — proof that families seeking a Torah life outside the crowded city can build a home of their own in a new Chareidi yishuv.
Location
Binyamin hills, ~20 minutes from Jerusalem
Beit Midrash & Kollel
Torah learned day and night, powered by a solar energy system for the kollel
Sefer Torah & Shul
Dedicated with great simcha, attended by hundreds
In partnership with
The Am Yisrael Chai Foundation — fruit trees, solar power, and the beit midrash expansion
The Torah Dedication and New Shul
Hundreds came to celebrate the first Hachnasat Sefer Torah and the inauguration of the new shul at Mitzpeh Leah. Rabbanim spoke words of blessing and inspiration at the ceremony, among them Rav Yisroel Shachter, Rav Yosef Berger (Mishkoltz-Emanuel), Rav Efraim Zilberman and Rav Arye Sofer, and representatives of Chareidi yishuvim from across the country brought warm blessings to the new yishuv's residents.
Photos from Mitzpeh Leah
Partnership with the Am Yisrael Chai Foundation
The Am Yisrael Chai Foundation, led by R' Shmuel Sackett, stepped forward for Mitzpeh Leah from its very first visit: planting fruit trees in the yishuv, financing a solar energy system so the kollel's Torah can be heard in all conditions, and funding the interior completion and expansion of the beit midrash.
About the Am Yisrael Chai FoundationMitzpeh Leah on Video
Mitzpeh Leah — A Torah Home in the Hills of Binyamin
Mitzpeh Leah in the Press
- No smartphones, with rabbinic backing: a Chareidi outpost in BinyaminHaKol HaYehudi
- Gallery: Hundreds celebrate the founding of "Mitzpeh Leah"JDN
- A precedent-setting Chareidi outpost established in BinyaminBenakel Forum
- Mitzpeh Leah: "There is a solution outside Bnei Brak too"HaMechadesh
- Just 20 minutes from Jerusalem: the first Chareidi outpost in Israel is inauguratedJerusalem Haredim
- A different spirit at Mitzpeh Leah — an outpost of Chareidim60ribo
Looking for a Chareidi yishuv for your family?
The Hityashvut Chareidit movement is working to found more Chareidi yishuvim across Eretz Yisroel. Families interested in joining the core group of a new Chareidi yishuv are invited to fill out the family questionnaire.