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I’m with Dave
Sounds like a good tune to me.
Joseph, what’s the worst that can happen to a family in difficult finances? They may have to downsize, or make a smaller wedding.
Soldiers DIE.
The obvious difference between the OP’s point and everyone else’s is that IDF soldiers are in danger. They put themselves in danger to protect Jewish lives. It’s the least you can do to ask Hashem to protect them.
Bnei Torah are not in constant danger. Nor are Hatzalah members.
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MsPrincess, you transcend different groups in yiddishkeit. On one hand, you seem to think you belong with the “yeshivish” group, which agrees with many of your posts on other forums. On the other hand, the best intellectual material, especially for someone who wants to be an academic and get extensive schooling, will be in a Modern Orthodox seminary. And if you’ve learned gemara, as technical20 points out, you probably won’t feel comfortable at a yeshivish seminary. I have a friend who is extremely smart; she was very happy in MMY. I don’t know if you would consider that, which is why I didn’t include it in my previous assessment, but you may want to think about it.
Like I said, I didn’t go to seminary, so perhaps I’m not the best person to ask. But I would imagine you’re looking for something in the way of Michlala, maybe Machon Raaya.
Posters who know more about seminaries – do you have any suggestions?
First of all, on how high a level have you learned chumash and navi? Have you taken any entrance exams (does Michlala still give those?) and what did you think of them?
OOT = Out of Town.
How many credits do you have / what percent of your major have you finished? Depending on how far you are in the field already, you may be able to do research in Israel, and go to seminary classes at night.
You may be underestimating the effect of 10 months of listening to beliefs contrary to yours. It would probably be best if you went to a seminary that endorsed college – from the sound of it, you want an academic college that will help you grow through what you believe, not one that you will end up block out most of their lessons.
We should do this Wikipedia style!
Okay, can you redefine it?
MsPrincess, I faced the same problem you did. I graduated high school with over 70 (reputable – not online or degree mill program) credits. Ultimately, I decided not to go to seminary; I was turned off by many stories of seminary being used as a party year, and my high school taught the textual and analytic skills that many learn in seminary. I had also heard that many programs are low level for students from my high school, and that post-college programs are much higher-level, even if they are optimized for baalei teshuva.
Can you provide some more detail? Are you in a secular or Jewish college? If you are in / plan to go to a secular college, do you feel confident and secure about your being Jewish to stay frum in a secular environment? Are/will you be living at home? Would you consider a seminary that would potentially disapprove and try to dissuade you from going to college, or the [secular?] college you are attending? Are you OOT?
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