Shopping – true, but they have dorms. I was responding to Person1’s statement that Israeli girls go to sem but don’t have dorms. My point was that the typical Israeli girl who goes to a seminary w/o a dorm is not “going to seminary” the way Americans do.
I was going to mention that Ofakim and the seminaries for American-Israelis are different, but like I said, they do have dorms. Also, they are not typical Israeli seminaries. The typical system is different.
You had mentioned that you are not in a dorm, so I guess that girls who go to these seminaries don’t always dorm, but I imagine that it is always an option. (correct me if I’m wrong). I would also guess that it is not the same experience if you are not in the dorm (although I guess that some prefer that – I know one girl who chose her seminary on that basis).