Yeshivat Aderet Eliyahu, Religious educational institution in Old City, Jerusalem, Israel.
Yeshivat Aderet Eliyahu, known as Zilberman's, is a Haredi Lithuanian-style yeshiva in Jerusalem's Old City. Its main beis midrash stands in the Galicia Courtyard between the Jewish and Muslim Quarters; a yeshiva high school sits near the Armenian Quarter, and a yeshiva ketana, Zilberman's Cheder, also operates in the Old City. The large yeshiva has about ninety students and a kollel of some hundred men.
The institution was founded in 1982 by Yitzchak Shlomo Zilberman and follows the educational principles of the Vilna Gaon. This foundation shaped the teaching approach that continues to define the place today.
The community is known as the Zilbermanim, and the yeshiva is commonly called "Zilberman's" after its founder. Students are encouraged to wear tzitzit dyed with techelet, a blue dye from sea snails that the yeshiva endorses as authentic, and to keep tefillin on throughout the day rather than only for morning prayer.
The yeshiva is a closed Haredi study institution, not a site open to tourists, so visits should not be assumed. Its main beis midrash sits in the Galicia Courtyard between the Jewish and Muslim Quarters, with a high school near the Armenian Quarter and the cheder elsewhere in the Old City. The community follows Rabbi Avigdor Nevenzahl's ban on entering the Temple Mount.
The teaching approach simplifies Talmud and Bible study by prioritizing direct text examination and avoiding extensive commentary analysis. This method sets it apart from the standard approach at other yeshivas.
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