Reply To: Yeshiva Derech Chaim

DY: I think it’s a good idea and should be a middle ground that (almost) everyone is happy with. They’re learning full-time for 4 out of 6 years once they start (and they don’t have to start at 18). Their service keeps them away from women and other issues in training that people have. They’re on the Machon Lev campus but they can stay relatively isolated so they are not in close quarters with non-CHareidim every day. If more middle-ground solutions like this could be found, I think it will have a profound positive effect on all segments of Israeli society, both Chareidi and Chiloni (and everyone in between). If it works out, I think this is a great thing.