אור החיים

About 14 guys who were gathered by Rabbi Elbaz for the first kollel of the Teshuva people gathered. Today in Liahar the Yeshiva has over 200 branches all over the country

The Or Ha'im yeshiva, whose center is in the heart of Jerusalem's Bukharim neighborhood, is the aircraft carrier of the world of repentance, the flagship yeshiva and a melting pot of many famous people who have passed through its gates, arrived from far away, from the bottoms of the entertainment world and landed softly in the loving and tender lap of the yeshiva's head, Rabbi Reuven Elbaz, The figure of the wonders of endless devotion returned the crown to the past and caused a popular spiritual revolution that is evident in every site, in the centers of the big cities, in the field and development towns, and in villages and remote settlements. As faithful ambassadors, the yeshiva graduates are sent to their places of residence, bringing with them the revolutionary flag of the 'Or of Life' which goes out with great fanfare from the improvement of Rabbi Elbaz. Rabbi Elbaz resides in Jerusalem, the Holy City, and his citadel is spread over the entire map of the Land of Israel.

More than 200 branches all over the country extend like sturdy arms from the creator of the 'Or Life Institutions'. Starting from day care centers, kindergartens, Torah Talmuds, schools, small yeshiva, large yeshiva, inclusive for teaching dionysus, seminars for the establishment of the Jewish home for married couples, and Torah classes throughout the country. Haifa, Rishon Lezion, Ramat Hasharon, Kiryat Gat, Eilat, Neve Ya'akov, Beit Shemesh, Gani Tikva, Ramla, Lod, are just a short list of live and vibrant branches for institutions that flourish and grow all the time.

With the outbreak of the Yom Kippur war and the crisis that erupted in its wake, the wheels of teshuvah went and moved quickly as Rabbi Elbaz rode the huge wave of teshuvah, watering the people in the fields with lessons and teshuvah rallies.

The yeshiva building, the magnificent complex of the Or Ha'im Yeshiva at 1 Ezra St. in Jerusalem is constantly under construction. Due to the lack of funds, its construction was not completed, but the constant pressure and crowding between its walls constantly requires welcome changes that are made for the benefit of the yeshiva's approximately 300 members. The Or Ha'im Yeshiva is a wide visitor center to which people flock from all over the country, especially far from religion, stray brothers who want to take a look at the furnace of their quarry and maybe even get hurt a little, breathe the air of the peaks and stay on Everest. Indeed, organized groups from distant settlements and among them also from kibbutzim, from various schools throughout the country, and even commanders, officers and soldiers from elite military units, frequently arrive at the place,

Some of them were even exposed for the first time in their lives to the inner world of the answer. It will therefore not be surprising that after a face-to-face meeting with the edifying and captivating figure of Rabbi Reuven Elbaz, hearts melt, the high partitions fall, quite a few set for themselves Shabbat within the walls of the yeshiva, they are left to draw a little spiritual abundance, from here it is already a short way to qualify back up the mountain, on return home to the source