Machon Bnos Yehuda
Shaarei Chesed, Jerusalem · Year after high school
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A seminary that says it is geared to the highly motivated Bais Yaakov high school graduate, with a year of studies leading to a diploma and teacher certification. Its brochure describes Chumash, Nach, mussar and machshava, and halacha, an Advanced Track with Hebrew-speaking rabbonim, a teacher training program with special-education courses, monthly Yemei Iyun, small discussion groups in teachers' homes, and Shabbosos in communities around Israel. The newest information on its site is for the 2024-25 year.
At a glance
- Size
- About 105 students, according to its 2024-25 brochure. Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Program
- Year after high school Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Location
- Shaarei Chesed, Jerusalem Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Housing
- Dorm, dining room and classrooms share one building in Shaarei Chesed, with madrichos living in the dorm and an Aim Bayis close by. The 2024-25 brochure says meals are served all year, including Shabbos and Yom Tov, and students may always stay in the dorm. Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Price
- $28,000 for 2024-25 (the school). Source (opens in a new tab)
Not on their website when we checked: founding year.
Learning, cost and credit
- What's taught
- Chumash, Nevi'im and Kesuvim, Sifrei mussar and machshava, Halacha, Teacher training, including special education, Advanced Track
- Who runs it
- Mrs. M. Hochster, Menaheles; Mrs. N. Feigenbaum, Assistant Principal (from the 2023-24 staff list in its brochure)
- Also on their site
- Teacher certification
- Advanced Track
- Monthly Yemei Iyun
- In-house scholarships for families in need
- Price
- $28,000 for 2024-25, as published by the school. From the school's brochure for 2024-25, an earlier year. It covers classes, room and board, school trips and its Jerusalem programs, and excludes airfare, the application fee and medical coverage. Ask the school for the current figure. See the source (opens in a new tab)
- Masa grants
- Their website doesn't say. Most year programs are registered with Masa, so ask. How Masa works
- College credit
- Its 2024-25 brochure lists affiliations with Touro (and its Chicago and Los Angeles affiliates), TTI, Eastwick College, WITS in Baltimore and Maalot, with Pell and state grants for eligible students. How credit works
Where it is
Address on their website: 3 Ibn Shaprut Street, Shaarei Chesed, Jerusalem
See it on the map
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Nearby
Straight-line distances, to give a sense of the area. Walking and driving routes are longer.
- Great Synagogue480 m · 0.3 mi
- Sacher Park540 m · 0.3 mi
- Israel Museum920 m · 0.6 mi
- Zion Square and Ben Yehuda Street970 m · 0.6 mi
- Machane Yehuda Market1.0 km · 0.6 mi
- Ben Gurion Airport40.1 km · 24.9 mi
The area in pictures
These show the neighborhood, not the school itself.
Everyday life around here
From Jerusalem Local, a city guide by the same publisher: the practical side of a year in Jerusalem.
- Jerusalem for seminary and yeshiva students (opens in a new tab)
visa, phone and Rav-Kav, Shabbat, urgent care, safety
- A seminary or yeshiva year in Jerusalem (opens in a new tab)
the practical guide for students and parents
The year in detail
As described on the school's own website. A missing heading means their site didn't say.
- A typical day
- From the 2023-24 schedule in its brochure: davening and breakfast, then morning and afternoon classes in Chumash, Nach, halacha, mussar and hashkafa, pedagogy and Tefilla, with some evening classes. Night classes and electives carry no exams or homework.
- Shabbat
- Some Shabbosos the whole school goes to a community elsewhere in Israel and students stay with local families; some are Dormitory Shabbosos the students prepare themselves. On the other Shabbosos students may stay in the dorm, with meals provided, or go to relatives or friends.
- Trips
- Day trips and overnight trips to the north and the south, and monthly walking tours of Jerusalem.
- Campus and housing
- One building in Shaarei Chesed holds the dorm, dining room and classrooms, with a courtyard, air-conditioned rooms, an exercise room, a computer room and a library.
- After the year
- Its 2024-25 brochure says the year leads to a diploma and teacher certification, and lists affiliations with Touro, TTI, Eastwick College, WITS and Maalot.
- Staff named on their site
- Mrs. M. Hochster - Menaheles; Toldos Yisroel
- Mrs. N. Feigenbaum - Assistant Principal; Chumash and model lessons; teacher training
- Rabbi Y. Stein - Rav of the seminary; halacha
- Mrs. S. R. Rubinfeld - Tehillim, Shir HaShirim; student advisor
- Mrs. M. Pepper - Aim Bayis
