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amother
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 Sun, May 28 2023, 1:37 pm
I went to Michlalah (about 5 years ago, I would say recent enough that it is still the same) and I would say it pretty much fits what you are asking for.
a) You are responsible for your own dinner (seminary doesn't serve) and breakfast. You are also responsible for your own davening in the morning (no set group davening). There are hardly any official rules, including no uniforms, and I truly felt like I was treated as an adult. There are expectations on how a girl should be acting, but they do not have clear written rules.
b) There are a variety of teachers with varying hashkafas who are more than happy to discuss anything, even "controversial" topics. They do not push one specific lifestyle on the girls, instead they expose you to several lifestyles ranging from very modern orthodox to hardcore kollel and just bring out the beauty of Torah. Every girl falls in love with a Torah lifestyle in her own way, based on exposure.
c) It's funny, because Michlalah is known to be very academic. This is not entirely true. You have to be academic to get in, but once you are there, it is not academic at all. There are hardly any tests (just a few halacha and chumash tests at the end of the semesters), and there is only one major report. My friends in more "yeshivish" BY seminaries were constantly slaving away doing busy work and reports and studying for tests. There is a lot of class, but not a lot of busy work.
d) There is no uniform, just a dress code
e) Everyone I was with came from varying backgrounds, but everyone was very solid and growth-oriented. Everyone wanted to learn and grow.
Michlalah is technically not a BY seminary (they allow smartphones and do not have uniform- 2 main criteria for BY seminaries), but they are definitely way drummer than your typical non-BY seminary. Hope this helped!
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Sun, May 28 2023, 4:32 pm
I second what stone said!
Bnos Binah is special. It is a BY seminary as a place for very smart intellectual deep thinkers. It was created because that type of deep hashkafah was only available in Baal Teshuvah seminaries, so they created it as something for BY type girls.
They discuss a lot topics that most sems might only touch on as much. The teachers say they are open to any type of challenging questions the girls may ask them.
They don't have any rigid rules and treat the girls like adults. There is also no uniform. Very open minded but still bais Yaakov. They don't believe that everyone has to "fit into a tight box" They accept a variety of girls as long as they want to grow.
They don't do academics. No tests or assignments. Purely learning L'shma
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Sat, Jun 03 2023, 8:28 pm
| amother OP wrote: | | I was looking for Israel, but if a great place exists in America, we will definitely consider it. |
You really should consider Bnos Binah, it is exactly what you're looking for 
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Wed, Jun 07 2023, 9:58 am
| amother OP wrote: | | I appreciate all the Bnos Binah information, but I think we will need to do Israel. |
So then I think Michala, Meohr, or Darchei Bina would be the perfect options for her in Israel.
Or Machon Raaya.
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