Migdal Oz
Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women
Gush Etzion, Migdal Oz · Year after high school
A day in the life of a bat Chul at Migdal Oz-2022
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An Israeli beit midrash for women founded in 1997 by Yeshivat Har Etzion, aimed at students seeking spiritual and intellectual growth. Overseas students are fully integrated with their Israeli peers in both classes and dorms.
At a glance
- Size
- Each dorm unit houses five: two overseas students and three Israelis. The second-year group has 40 to 50 Israeli and overseas students. Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Students
- Overseas and Israeli students live together: each dorm unit has two overseas students and three Israelis. 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
- Gush Etzion, Migdal Oz (Gush Etzion) Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Housing
- Air-conditioned, heated dormitory; each unit houses five students and has a kitchenette, bedroom and full bathroom. Three meals a day; overseas students share dorms with Israelis. Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Price
- Not published. Ask what's included.
Learning, cost and credit
- What's taught
- Gemara, Halacha, Tanach, Jewish Thought
- With Israelis
- Overseas students share classes and dorms with Israeli students.
- Who runs it
- Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg, Rosh Beit Midrash; Mrs. Racheli Schmell, Director of Overseas Students
- Also on their site
- About 130 first-year students aged 18-20 from Israel and abroad
- Full integration with Israeli students
- Advanced programs for second- to fourth-year students
- Close to Herzog College
- 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 website doesn't say. It is on Yeshiva University's list of Israel Program schools. How credit works
Photos and videos
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Migdal Oz- High Caliber Torah Learning in a Unique Beit Midrash
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Migdal Oz- A Gorgeous Campus to Call Your Home
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Where it is
Address on their website: Kibbutz Migdal Oz, Gush Etzion
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.
- Gush Etzion Junction1.2 km · 0.7 mi
- Efrat1.7 km · 1.1 mi
- Malcha Mall13.1 km · 8.2 mi
- Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital14.0 km · 8.7 mi
- Mount Herzl15.2 km · 9.4 mi
- Ben Gurion Airport47.3 km · 29.4 mi
The area in pictures
These show the neighborhood, not the school itself.
The year in detail
As described on the school's own website. A missing heading means their site didn't say.
- A typical day
- Morning seder is Gemara b'iyun 3 or 4 days a week by the student's choice, with an extra day for the advanced track. Afternoon seder offers a choice of classes, with time for chavrutas, chessed or extracurriculars. Night seder is a bekiut track in Tanach, Machshava or Gemara, learned in chavruta in the beit midrash with weekly shiurim.
- Campus and housing
- Beit midrash, library, exercise room, lounges and outdoor learning spaces. Dorm units have a bedroom, kitchenette with mini-fridge and kettle, full bathroom, air conditioning and heating. Three meals a day on campus and free laundry for overseas students.
- After the year
- Shana Bet for 40-50 Israeli and overseas students, with housing in the dorms or kibbutz apartments. Through the Tzurim program, first-year classes can count toward a full year of credit at Herzog College. A Kollel Iyun offers advanced Talmud study. The site says the school is part of the YU S. Daniel Abraham Israel Program.
- Staff named on their site
- Mrs. Racheli Schmell - Director of Overseas Students
- Rabbanit Shayna Goldberg - Mashgicha Ruchanit
- Mrs. Eliana Kaplan - Eim Bayit
- Rabbanit Bat Sheva Samet - Educational Director
- Mrs. Bracha Ne'eman - Administrative Manager
