Mrs B Stein, Mrs L Speigel and Mrs C Most all in Lakewood focus on divorce. i’m not sure if i’m allowed to post their email or phone numbers.

try reaching out to shadchonim that specialize in medical and sensitive shidduchim. you can find such by googling. there are a couple good ones in Lakewood

girls time is BEFORE boys time.. so story makes no sense!

Michlala

Afikei Torah (does it still exist?)

Its similar to Hadar… if you don’t understand what i mean.. then i guess it doesn’t matter..

I know a girl that chose Tiferes over Hadar cause she was very competitive type and she wanted to relax more..

If you’re gonna pull apart any example i give to explain ‘more greasy’ then its gonna be hard.. Tiferes has more lkwd girls than out of town..

No, nothing unyeshivish about hadar.. but tiferes runs a shtick more greasy! as one person said who actually went there to check them both out..

In Hadar the girls had their top button open (totally tnius of course), in tiferes, they had their top button done up.. (and in a 3rd place which we shall not mention, there were 2 buttons open!)

or you could use the example of a womans snood.. how low down she wears it.. (except that noone in seminary is wearing snoods yet!)

there are many more yeshivas then there are seminaries..

yeshivas are more individualized..

boys have rebbeim who help them make decisins..

boys belong to chaburahs.. and chavrusahs which help them decide where they move to.. girls may have friendsa.. but they aren’t a factor in these decisions

girls more private.. don’t want to share their options with their friends..

British Bais Yaakov’s do not focus on mefarshim like American BY’s.

age – i’m not sure – perhaps a 18+ girl might have harder time getting in.. not sure. they reluctant to take girls who will not stay the 3 yr course. not that anyone knows what future holds.. but its a commitment that they do like. That is certainly something that you should stress in your application – that bearing unforseen circumstances, you do intend to stay 3 years.

Rabbi Falk – also Bedikas Toli’im (bugs!) very interesting.. but only in 3rd year. Hilchos Brachos in 1st year. Yichud.. and otherstuff i can’t receall..

basic teaching/social/educational skills are taught in 1st year. More taught in 2nd year. Actual hands on teaching etc is in 3rd year. sometimes at end of 2nd year, you might start observing in the schools.. all depends on how many girls in each class..

its just a practical solution to a problem unique to Gateshead.. where there are only a handful of stores serving the small kehila.,. yet during the afternoon break there are over 600 seminary girls and over 2 thousand yeshiva bochurim (i think) who all need to patronise those same few stores.

ps. there is a large grocery store in Lakewood that has very late hours some evenings that are reserved just for men. If you don’t like it – go elsewhere! once again.. its a practical solution to many who appreciate it

each to their own.

Gateshead Old Seminary – the classes are huge. between 140-180 girls in class (which shrinks closer to 100 by end 3rd year due to girls leaving, getting engaged etc)

The classes on the whole are more lecture style. However, questions are ALWAYS welcome. Certain Rabbonim do actually prefer a more interactive style class.. but this is always done in a higly respectable way. Noone calls out.

Halacha is taughtr by the famous Rabbi Falk. His classes are interactive, very detailed and interesting.

Hard to go through everything.. but there is a HUGE emphasis on basic hashkofos, emunah the basics of yiddishkeit.. it gets better as you move through 3 year program.

re; textual learning.. It is not stresed.. however, the girls that are good in that area, have an esaier time preparing, and perhaps get more out of the program. But it is not essential at all. There are very minimal amoutn of tests. and the tests (not the halacha ones) are vrey much based around haskofa.. and understanding.. not text based. There is so little stress ont eh tests.. that they don’t even give back the tests or the results! This makes a great learning enviorment. where you elarn for yourslef nad not for the test result!

Gateshead sem is the ideal place for the mature thinking student.

I heard last year, that there was limited amount of visa, and they had to make a Gorel to who to allocate them to!

the mix of girls there is extraordinary.. There are some girls that drown in the large enviroment.. and otrhers that thrive! its all about personal growth.. & the 3 yr programm gives great older peers to learn from. (which is unique to Gateshead!)

Ask more Q’s..

Hatzlacha Raba

Find people that went here.. thats your best info..

or ask specific questions…

some seminaries make you prepare and study actual text in depth.. whilst others give more hashkafa based classes. obviously all offer both.. but depends what percentages are.

I think Maor and Ateres are similar than Peninim.. but perhaps attract a more stable girl from more stable homes. Peninim does have refutation that girls have more free time.. and seminary leaves girls to get up to…?

try amazing savings or the dollar store for all gadgets and utensils… you can real steal of deals ($1/piece).. where is main stores will cost you $5/piece.

Visiting Gateshead and being there as a seminary girl are so totally different. one cannot get a good picture as a visitor.

there are no websites for the old seminary for sure. but there are many alumni over the US that you can hook up with.

I heard that last year there wsa not enough visa’s and they had to do a Gorel for all those who got in.. i’m not sure how that works.. but its good to do your homework beforehand.

Although Gateshead Old seminary does not offer voational courses, there are plenty of motivated girls who find free time to do courses. the seminary does not onject providing it does not take away from the seminary course.

The old seminary has a huge mix of girls. However, it is the more mature, independant thinker that gains the most from their program. There are a minority that leave after 1 year.. but they leave in the middle and do not receive the full length of the course, of which some of the best stuff is in the 3rd year. Their whole approach is done in a mature way. They don’t baby you. THere are very few rules… yet the place demands a certain respect without them having to enforce it.

The new seminary has a mix of girls too. It is fair to say that the foreign girls in the new sem definately need ‘checking into’ vs the foreign girls in the old sem. The ones in the old sem come because they have strong connections to the seminary, British ones, or their mom’s went there etc.. or a huge drive to become teachers etc.. in the new sem, the foreign girls are often dropouts that left the US etc once again, i’m sure there always exceptionss to everything.. but i know first hand that this is generally the case.

IF you state why Gateshead even hit your radar.. it may be easier to see which is better. Why not israel or other places in the US?

I posted a detailed response to this subject some time last year.. look thru coffee room.. or i will try and find it too..

Judging from the growing enrollment and new schools in Manchester & London, I highly doubt Gateshead beats them. But I do think its fair that England Jewry is growing faster than any other Europeean place.

i’m being serious.. but there are some frum schools in england that will not take your child if mom weras ponytail sheitel..

NOT GE!

i have seen a difference between TS and mosaic form – the latter eing girls with regular intelligence and more ‘regular’ looking. i also know that those with mosaic form have slight chance of conceiving b’ezh

definately no need to say anything to school or others until she becomes of age where puberty sets in & she will wonders why its not coming..

I have some GE’s (very noisy) & panasonics that work a) with a shabbos clock

& b) will come back on after power outage (but the clock will then be ‘off’ by as many hrs as the power was off.

buy from yid who will know where to get it.

Rainbow Appliance in lkwd also very good.

#1. many frum kitchen dealers have great cheap prices – give parnossah to a yid

#2. you get whta you pay for – things yuou wouldn’t notice – like kitchen cabinet doors that rattle when banged shut, hinges and draws that come loose over time..

#3. many frum dealers coordinate the whole kitchen.. counters, plumbing etc.. which makes it easier..

#4. Frum kitchen peope have designers that understand frum nees.. adn will point things out to you and get you features that an average non jewish house would never think of..

Don’t know where you located.. but i have some good reccomendations in tristate area

i must add that the best is to MEET shadchonim.. establish a relationship.. otherwise you just remain on paper (or computer screens!)

it takes some planning beforehand..

I have been using supper & bedtime for past couple of weeks to pretend to my children that they are in mitzrayim.. and acting different parts out in story version. I even told them my own version of the story Dual Discovery.. (great book)

Read Let my nation Go! by Yosef? Deutch.. it gets your imagination going!

you can buy kits for the Makos.. or make your own.. Oriental Trading has good stuff.

I know someone that even had his lights timed to go off for 15 mins for Makos Choshech! it wasn’t always perfect from 1 night to the next.. but it was fun.. especially as it surpried everyone!

Give ‘parts’ out to family members to act out..

Focus on the timeline.. from Avraham.. through history.. so kids can relate.. that this is US.

My kids know that Seder is time for Tatty to talk and answer.. all the divrei torah they learn in schol – there are 8 other seuda’s to say them at.