Machon Sara Yerushalayim
MSY
Jerusalem · Year after high school
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A Bais Yaakov seminary in Jerusalem named for Mrs. Sara Stefansky, a student of Rebbetzin Vichna Kaplan. Its site describes core classes alongside electives that let each student design part of her own learning, workshop-style classes on self-awareness and readiness for the next stage of life, a Shabbos Tisch, a mentoring program with teachers, and a kiruv training program. It publishes no dates, tuition or application form, so this listing is short.
This school publishes very little about its program online, so many details are blank. Contact the office directly.
At a glance
- Outlook, in its words
- Bais Yaakov 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
- Jerusalem Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Housing
- Apartments, each with a kitchenette and a washer and dryer. Three meals a day, an Aim Bayis and madrichos who live with the students for the year. Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Price
- Not published. Ask what's included.
Not on their website when we checked: founding year, class size.
Learning, cost and credit
- What's taught
- Core classes with electives ("Design Your Own Learning"), Nishmas Adam workshops, Mechaneches mentoring, Kiruv Training Institute
- Who runs it
- Mrs. Bracha Rosenblum, Seminary Menaheles; Mrs. Estee Stefansky, Seminary Dean
- Also on their site
- The Shabbos Tisch
- Chalonos Yerushalayim
- R' Aaron Stefansky Bais Yaakov Scholarship Fund
- Price
- No price is published on their website. Ask the school, and ask what's included.
- Masa grants
- Their website doesn't say. Most year programs are registered with Masa, so ask. How Masa works
- College credit
- Their site lists college credit through Touro, Eastwick College (TTI), Daemen College (TTI) and Maalot (a minimum of 15 credits a semester), with Pell, New York TAP and New Jersey grants for eligible students. How credit works
Where it is
Address on their website: HaMa'alot Street, Jerusalem (the Israel office address on their site, 7 HaMa'alot)
See it on the map
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Pin placed on the street named on their website; the exact building may be a little way along it.
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Nearby
Straight-line distances, to give a sense of the area. Walking and driving routes are longer.
- Great Synagogue420 m · 0.3 mi
- Zion Square and Ben Yehuda Street520 m · 0.3 mi
- Sacher Park710 m · 0.4 mi
- Machane Yehuda Market760 m · 0.5 mi
- Mamilla Mall860 m · 0.5 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
- Core classes plus electives each student chooses. Classes mix lectures, chavrusa-style learning and discussion, with an emphasis on reading the texts independently. Nishmas Adam workshops run several times a week.
- After the year
- Their site lists college credit through Touro, Eastwick College (TTI), Daemen College (TTI) and Maalot, and says financial aid is available through those partners for eligible students (FAFSA).
- Staff named on their site
- Mrs. Bracha Rosenblum - Seminary Menaheles
- Mrs. Estee Stefansky - Seminary Dean
