'Bnei David' IDF prep course receives home in Eli

Kobi Nashoni
Israel Scene/Ynet
13 May '10

Twenty-two years after the initiation of the pre-military yeshiva preparatory course, Bnei David, that contributed to the integration of thousands of kippah-wearers into the highest IDF command posts, Rabbi Eli Sadan officially consecrated the continuation program that will see to the integration of its graduates into key positions in civilian life.

Some three years after its inception, the post-military yeshiva entered its permanent campus in the West Bank settlement Eli. The institute's goal is to nurture people of faith into practical professions through in-depth learning of questions raised in current Israeli society with an emphasis on responsibility for and involvement in it.

A decade ago, the post-military course was initiated in Eli. It was then called the "life preparatory course." Over time, it combined with a full-time institute for advanced Jewish study, or kollel, and it slowly morphed into a yeshiva for those who had completed their military service.

The yeshiva today has some 150 students. Among its graduates are slain Major Roi Klein and his neighbor, slain Major Eliraz Peretz.

Part of the beit midrash's activities, under the leadership of Rabbi Eliezer Kastiel, integrates Torah studies and academic studies in its Chai Roi Institute for Public and Civic Leadership, named after Roi Klein.

The program trains its participants – 18 in each cycle – for what it calls "idealistic leadership in the public sector" in societal and economic fields based on the values and idealism learned from Torah. The study track is known to be rigorous and demanding, and grants its participants a full scholarship and a monthly living stipend.

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