Sha'alvim for Women
SFW
Malcha, Jerusalem · Year after high school
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A Jerusalem seminary that aims to turn each student into an independent Torah learner and thinker committed to Torat Yisrael, Am Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael.
At a glance
- Program
- Year after high school Source: the school's website pages listed under Where this comes from
- Location
- Malcha, Jerusalem 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, housing.
Learning, cost and credit
- What's taught
- Tanach, Halacha, Machshava, Talmud, Jewish History
- Who runs it
- Rabbi Yamin Goldsmith, Rosh Midrasha; Rabbi Gershon Turetsky, Director
- Also on their site
- Mix of chavruta and shiur time
- After-hours chaburot
- Required core courses in Kashrut and Hilchot Shabbat
- Weekly chesed in Jerusalem
- 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 says the year is equivalent to at least 32 credits accepted by many universities including Stern College and Touro College, and that it takes part in joint programs with Yeshiva University, Touro College and the Teacher's Institute of Chicago. It is on Yeshiva University's list of Israel Program schools. How credit works
Photos and videos
We don't copy pictures from the school's website, so their own galleries and social pages are linked instead.
Where it is
Address on their website: 21 HaDishon Street, Malcha, Jerusalem
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Nearby
Straight-line distances, to give a sense of the area. Walking and driving routes are longer.
- Malcha Mall560 m · 0.3 mi
- Mount Herzl2.2 km · 1.4 mi
- Hebrew University, Givat Ram2.7 km · 1.7 mi
- Israel Museum3.0 km · 1.9 mi
- Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital3.3 km · 2.0 mi
- Ben Gurion Airport39.7 km · 24.7 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.
- Language
- Many shiurim and sichot are taught in Hebrew; because students build their own schedules, the number of Hebrew shiurim depends on each student's choices.
- Dates
- The latest calendar on their site is for 2025-26: arrival August 26, 2025; second semester from January 19, 2026; Pesach break March 16 to April 13; closing event June 7 and dorm closing June 11, 2026. Ask the school for 2026-27 dates.
- A typical day
- The posted weekly schedule (Sunday-Thursday) starts with tefilla and breakfast, then morning shiurim and beit midrash, lunch, afternoon chaburot and shiurim, dinner, and evening beit midrash/night seder (later on the mishmar night). One afternoon a week is set aside for chesed. Night seder is described as two hours every night.
- Shabbat
- Students spend Shabbat together about once a month, either traveling or in the dorm with speakers and faculty. The dorm is always open; the Av and Em Bayit host students who stay in, faculty homes are open, and madrichot help find placements. Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are spent at Yeshivat Sha'alvim and are mandatory.
- Trips
- Three overnight tiyulim a year (north and south) plus day trips; a 'Siyurim & Shiurim' program where students study a location and then visit it. Optional Journey to Poland, staffed by SFW teachers, cost not included in tuition.
- Chesed and volunteering
- Weekly chesed program in Jerusalem. Options listed include medical clowning via Kedma, Ezrat Avot, Aleh, Shalva, Beit Neichim Gilo, Kav L'Chaim, Chayeinu (Chai Lifeline), One Family, homes for the elderly, 'Adopt a Bubby' and Yad Eliezer.
- Campus and housing
- One building in Malcha with dorm rooms (each with private bathroom, kitchenette and refrigerator), beit midrash, classrooms, dining room; three meals a day; microwaves, toasters and burners for student use; coin-operated washers and dryers; near a supermarket, cafe, Malcha Mall and the train station.
- Rules they publish
- Curfew is midnight every night including Motzaei Shabbat, strictly enforced. Students may not travel abroad during the year (other than Pesach break) without the Menahel's permission. Full attendance is expected.
- After the year
- The building houses first and second year (Shana Bet) students. The year is equivalent to at least 32 credits, accepted by universities including Stern College and Touro College; joint programs with Yeshiva University, Touro College and the Teacher's Institute of Chicago.
- Staff named on their site
- Rabbi Gershon Turetsky - Director
- Mrs. Michelle Elmaleh - Assistant Director / Dean of Students
- Rabbi Yamin Goldsmith - Rosh Midrasha
- Mrs. Nili Turetsky - Faculty; mechanechet (founding Eim Bayit)
- Rabbi Menachem Leibtag - Faculty (Tanach)
Questions their website answers
- What is the curfew policy?
- Curfew is midnight every night, including Motzaei Shabbat.
- What do girls do when there is no Shabbat program?
- The dorm stays open and the Av and Em Bayit host students who stay in, with faculty homes and help from madrichot as other options.
- How many credits do the girls receive and who accepts them?
- The year is equivalent to at least 32 credits, accepted by many universities including Stern College and Touro College, with the exact number set by each university.
- What is the language of instruction?
- Many shiurim and sichot are in Hebrew, and how many Hebrew shiurim a student takes depends on the schedule she chooses.
