Our teacher told us not to host seminary girls
AS someone who has lived in Yerushalayim for the past seven years, I’ve had the privilege of hosting many seminary girls for Shabbos and Yom Tov meals. I genuinely enjoy doing it. I do it out of warmth, love, and a desire to give the girls a true taste of home while they’re far from theirs.
However, I’ve begun to hear painful comments from some seminary administrators and teachers. On multiple occasions, girls have said to me, while literally eating at my table, “Our teacher told us that when we’re married, we should never host seminary girls — it’s not tzniyus.”
I’m left speechless. While I sit here, providing these girls with food and hospitality in my own home, they’re being told by some of their educators that what I’m doing is inappropriate?
I’ve also heard things like, “Our seminary tells us to stay away from the young American communities here,” and have even heard that one seminary made fun of my neighborhood with a song in their production.
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