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When the Seminary Bubble Pops

The IsraeLearn program gives girls who already left the "Seminary Bubble" a chance to relive it. Full Story

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rochel!!!!
August 15, 2012 6:42 am

yeah! your article is awesome! i can’t believe i’m only reading it now! kol hakavod! -jill

Student from machon alte
July 31, 2012 9:47 am

I’m in machon alte studying this summer. The teacher’s are so caring and dedicated. i love it here!!! way beyond my expectations! it’s awesome!!!

I thought I recognized the author...:)
July 29, 2012 6:18 pm

As soon as I read this beautiful article I thought I knew who the author was!! Yasher Koyach to Rochel and to the wonderful teachers and organizers of this very important program.

to number 14
July 29, 2012 9:23 am

there was an add for this program on COL for weeks…

טוב!!
July 27, 2012 9:20 am

רחל!!!! :-):-)

"bubble" - what a choice of words
July 27, 2012 9:20 am

in the secular world, “bubble” has a negative connotation; the “real estate bubble” and the “college loans bubble,” etc. the implication is that there is something not real going on; and an ominous crash about to come, a “letting out of the air”. if i were to try to put it in context of a young women’s seminary, i would think it means, after the “non-real world experience” there is a hard crash – and in the secular world, these “hard crashes” are seen as a bad thing, something to try to avoid, thus to try to not be a… Read more »

ROCHEL!!!
July 27, 2012 9:06 am

amazingggg article!!! couldnt have said it better! BEST program in Israel!!

dev xx

ROCHEL SPANGENTHAL
July 27, 2012 9:02 am

Wrote the article!!!!!!!!!

The program is really amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 27, 2012 8:14 am

was thered and had a fabulous time!!!!!

To #2
July 27, 2012 4:01 am

that is a terrible reason to spend over 14,000… To test your kid!? You obviously do not have children.

Seminary has the potental to be a powerful year – the student just needs to internalize the messages that she is being fed. Its great that programs like this serve as a refresher.

to # 14
July 26, 2012 11:52 pm

I will recommend findamahpia.info. You may find just the right person to talk to.

the gift of a lifetime
July 26, 2012 10:48 pm

Yasher Koach to our outstanding and dedicated madricha! what a great article! this program was an amazing way to get re-inspired and get a refocus on life what it means to be a chosid. THANK YOU to the Rosenfelds extended and the Silberbergs and all the staff and teachers at Machon Alta for arranging and planning the amazing program down to the last detail. I’d highly recommend this for girls next summer!!

LONG-TERM ONGOING FOLLOW-UP?
July 26, 2012 8:02 pm

B.H.

This is beautiful. But how does one hold on to it?
What daily / weekly / monthly formal chavrusa and other learning programs, and what informal follow-up such as farbrengens and socials, are geared to post-seminary girls living in New York?

Madricha
July 26, 2012 7:01 pm

You forgot to mention the fabolous Madricha.

Wow
July 26, 2012 5:53 pm

Really well written article. Sounds like a good program.

THANK YOU
July 26, 2012 5:39 pm

this program was really really amazing, I will never forget the things I learnt and they will stay with me my whole life !
the teacher are ALL amazing, theyre clear, they listen to us and answer all our questions in class and during fabrengens ! I learnt so much from every teacher and I recommend this program to every girl who finished seminary and wants to spend 3 weeks of her summer learning chassidus, halacha, tanach and be inspired by unbelievable fabrengens!
Thank you Rabbi and Mrs Rosenfeld and every single teacher !!

why?
July 26, 2012 5:17 pm

why is col posting this now??? i just spent this year in seminary, and the inspiration and growth is incredible. you feel like it will last forever. but it quickly evaporates as your 2 worlds collide, one of great amounts of kedusha and hiskashrus and one of old friends and old habits. now it is already late for me, i have experienced so much negativity already, this summer, while being away from sem. if only i had seen this article, i know it would have been a program i would have considered and my life would have been so different.… Read more »

Amazing program
July 26, 2012 4:54 pm

Highly recommended! Its a refresher, great chance strengthen your learning and the Rosenfelds and the Silberbergs are just amazing. I would go again in a second (accepting donations :))

The rosenfelds and silberbergs are just awesome in general:):)
July 26, 2012 3:28 pm
the program was awesome
July 26, 2012 2:52 pm

Awesome program everyone should go!! And rabbi silberberg is the greatest teacher ever!!!

Invest in yourself and future fam!!
July 26, 2012 1:08 pm

As one of the attendees at the program, I highly recommend it as an investment for yourself and future family iyh. Each morning I’d awake excited for the awesome, inspiring day ahead. Each class was full of tochen, interesting and given over by exemplary teachers. Kal hakavod to the IsraeLearn staff for organizing such a fantastic program.

very well written
July 26, 2012 12:30 pm

and very true! kol hakavod!

cool!
July 26, 2012 12:28 pm

i wanna go!

Go Rabbi Silberberg
July 26, 2012 12:18 pm

Rabbi silberberg is the smartest and clearest teacher i ever had.

neat!
July 26, 2012 11:53 am

🙂

Rivkah
July 26, 2012 11:45 am

Loved this article! Soo true!

UALLLL
July 26, 2012 11:41 am

mod yafe!!!!!
shkoich
she le culam ihyu marchavot kaele

ROSAENFELD!!!!!
July 26, 2012 11:38 am

the most balanced and amazing sem out there. yasher koach to it’s writer… were rozzies and we know it;)

this article could not be more wrong!
July 26, 2012 11:37 am

as a former seminary student, the bubble is in a fact a place where young woman can go and explore without having to look over their backs like they would at home, NOT the semi police state of learning this article describes.

the bubble is the ultimate test to see if your kid comes back frum or not frum. it is very unlikely that one comes back the exactly the same. you either come back more frum or less frum, because you are given ultimate tests in terms of just about everything in daily life, from kashrus to the dating.

Sounds amazing!
July 26, 2012 11:28 am

wow!!

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