Reply To: What is the purpose of girls going to Seminary?

Informed person, you should have said Israel. Almost everybody I have ever spoken to, and this includes the girls who did go to Israel, feel that it’s a graet experience but no where near worth what is spent. The girls have peer pressure and the pressure of “I won’t do a good shidduch” syndrome. Is a Porsche better than a Buick or Chevy, sure it is. But if you’re earning $120,000 a year, and that’s a fantastic job, and you have 3 girls to send to seminary and marry off, you can’t afford a Porsche. If your automotive needs are driving around Brooklyn and/or getting to work, a Porsche is a complete waste of money. Something really wrong with the system if a yeshivishe boy and girl can’t do a shidduch unless she attended BJJ and he learned in Brisk. Poor girl “only” went to BY Sem and he went to “just” Lakewood. Whew am I glad I’m chasidish.