"It’s time to change the goal of seminary, and it’s time to teach girls ahavas Yisrael"
Rabbi Hillel Belsky, Dean, Ateres Bnos Yerushalayim
Borrowing freely from Rav Yaakov Bender’s groundbreaking essay in defense of yeshivah bochurim, I want to shine some light on the seminary girl.
Today’s seminary girls battle against the dark forces of outside culture in order to emerge in the light as tomorrow’s nashim tzidkaniyos. They resist the trends and fashions that would pull them away from tzniyus and taharah, even when those trends are followed by people in their communities.
Despite their youth, at 18 years old they are expected to apply themselves to a burning question: Who will I become? They leave the comfort of home and all that is familiar. They work hard. We must expect progress, not perfection.
Why do seminaries demand straight A’s from their applicants?
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