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What is Waterbury about?
Im looking into sending my nephew going into 11th grade to waterbury. Can anyone help shed some light what this yeshiva is about? i keep hearing different reports.
I have no information about the yeshiva but I know the Rosh yeshiva and he is a very good man.
All I have to say is rabbi Kalish is an amazing person I know from back in the day and I really think he is a special person and I would send my son there if I had one.
Well depends on what you nephew needs, and im assuming he is switching schools si ce hes in 11th grade, so what did he lack/ is looking for? That can guide more answers of whether its what you are or arent looking for.
Well i know the rebbiem and roshieh yeshiva are incredible but it gears towards a certain crowd. I know that many girls im friends with talk to guys in this yeshiva. Its not a modern yehiva but not an at risk yeshiva. I think its more for the type of guys who cant conform to the typical yeshiva sturcure. They really striaghten them out there though. Good guys are the finished product but it depends why you are switching him in…
i’ve lived in monsey my whole life and all of these bums from my school who got kicked out went to waterbury. so if thats what your nephew is then send him there
i dont kno what your talking about i know plenty of boys in waterbury and their all doing amazing so yank123 i dont know where youve been the past 4 years since rabbi kalish took over the high school
It’s supposed to be a really great yeshiva. Not necessarily for a typical yeshivish boy but a lot of really good boys go there… And the rebbeim are awesome and a lot of boys do very well there.
STEP BY STEP BY STEP. WITH GROWTH THAT HAS REAL DEPTH IM CLIMBING UP THAT LADDER. AND AS LONG AS IM ENGAGED WITH MY SCHEDULE WELL ARRANGED NOTHING ELSE REALLY MATTERS. CUZ IM A WATERBURY BOY WITH WATERBURY JOY. WITH RABBI KALISH AS MY GUIDE AND IM MADLY IN LOVE WITH THE THE HOLY ONE ABOVE . THROUGH TRUTH AND FEAR AND LOVE!!!
As was the case with the Yeshivah of Flatbush story there seems to be some people who love knocking kids that are not the 100% frummie frummie. My sense is that those that knock are mostly teenagers and I have no idea what motivates them to knock other Jewish kids.
Waterbury is an amazing Yeshivah with an amazing Rosh Yeshivah and amazing rabbeim. And yes the Rosh Yeshivah has a heart and instead of caring about his kovod he cares about kovod shomayim. And yes a few of the students are kids who were thrown out of other yeshivahs- as he knows most boys who were thrown out of yeshivah nowadays would never have been thrown out in the old days. And those boys who weren’t thrown out years ago are today’s choshuve rabbonim and rosh yeshivah’s. Waterbury has great kids! Kol hakovod to Rabbi Kaufman and Rabbi Kalish.
to the mod- my computer went a bit crazy and my post was posted 4 times when you allow it to post please delete three of them. Thank you.
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waterbury is the best yeshiva out there. its real growth and real happines i know first hand. shut it down yank123
Just a clarification, i never said it was a bad yeshiva, i know giys come out of there really amazing but just doesnt gear to your typical shtark guy. Read through the posts, YITZCHOK2 said it himself, its not frummi frummi just depends on the guy youre sending there.
Fact is i know a lot of girls who talk/date Waterbury guys….
Waterbury like any yeshiva can be good for the kid however they wont take a kid if they see he’s not interested in improving.
good solid yeshiva. Great roshei yeshiva,
WATERBURY!!!!!!!!
YITZCHOK2: Please, not that again…
ultimateskier-do you know girls who talk to waterbury guys?
and do you keep up with them and see how they develope when they leave the yeshiva and stop talking to girls? The yeshiva allows them the freedom and allows them to develope on their own and mature on their own and make their own decisions. If you want your nephew to be happy send him to the happiest yeshiva in the world-waterbury. one of my good friends son went to waterbury and i cant begin to tell you how pleased he was. and its a long term yeshiva, the guys do just as well bein hazmanim as during the zman. its real growth and development.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT EVERY GUY THT WENT THERE THAT I KNOW SHAPED UP!!!
R KALISH IS AN AMAZING PERSON,THOUGH IF YOUR NEPHEW IS A GOOD BOCHER I WOULD SAY ITS NOT FOR HIM.
Waterbury is behind the Shas Illuminated project. It seems like a great, affordable community not too far from NYC, and if they can help kids who have challenges or other impediments to growth, how is that a bad thing? Not everybody has to become a great lamdan. The goal of our system ought to be to give young people the tools to live meaningful Jewish lives where they’ll take joy in keeping the mitzvot and opening a sefer, and become pillars of their communities regardless of what profession they enter.
The few boys that I know who went there turned out well. I’ve never heard anything negative about it.
Askin- i completely agree with you. These boys do straighten out and i did mention that in my post. I also said that it depends on the guy you are sending there and of thats what he needs.
inthehock: What does that mean ‘not a good boy’? What defines someone as good or bad? I know you mean that he wasn’t holding in a good place but it hurts me when people label a person as inherently good or bad based on the other’s struggles.
inthehock – “his son going in was not the best boy” I know what you’re saying, but it’s harsh to read.
i dont even know what this chat is about everyone that comes out of waterbury is happy and loves their yeshiva isnt thatall that counts?
waterbury is the best yeshiva in the world. Rabbi Kalish is the most amazing and caring idividual i have ever had the privelage of knowing and any rebbe in the high school would be the best rebbe in any yeshiva in america. the care they show for each and evey talmud is unreal and i know it first hand having been a student there. the yeshiva lets each kid grow in his very own unique and real way and produces the most sincere avvdei Hashem and masmidim in the world. Rabbi Kalish believes in how precious every yid is and never writes off anyone because they “don’t fit the mold” of what a “good yeshiva bachur” should be. It’s an extremmelly close knit yeshiva in which every bachur rallys around the masmidim and top guys in yehsiva. The rabbeim are loved and respected because they love and respect their precious talmidim. if your looking to see your son become a happy, fulfilled eved Hashem, full of life joy send him. You are extremmelly fortunate to have the oppurtunity to send him as the yeshiva is full to capacity and accepting no one else at this point.
I live in London but even I have heard about it and it sounds great. If it is a bit more laid back, I think that instead of judging we should think about how amazing it is that these boys also get a chance to learn and have a fun in a safe environment
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