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Yeshivat Hesder of Ma’alot is making history!

The following are the projects of Yeshivat Ma’alot, that enable the
Bnei  Menashe to gain financial independence, join combat units in
the IDF, and successfully be integrated into Israeli society:

The government offices have yet to find a way to support these projects.

 

 

Midrasha (seminary) for girls aged 18-23 gives them a warm and loving home as they combine Torah learning and vocational studies after their completion of Ulpan.

Young girls of 18 left their homes and families behind them and made Aliya to Eretz Yisrael.
They don’t yet understand Hebrew and are unfamiliar with Israeli culture and people.

Yeshivat Ma’alot is opening a Midrasha with full
dormitories and board for Bnot Menashe aged 18-23
who have completed their Ulpan studies.
  
In the mornings they will learn Torah and in the afternoons
they will learn a profession, in a local college,
which will allow them to make a respectable and independent living
upon completing their studies.
  
The Midrasha offers them a warm home during their first year
in Israel. It will assist them both spiritually and professionally here in Medinat
Yisrael.

 

 

 

Financial support of the Bnei Menashe which allows them to partake in vocational training and make a respectable living, while participating in Beit Midrash studies.

"My wife Yehudit learned electronics and began to work at "Aviv" in Gush Tefen.
I will begin learning bookkeeping in another month at "Atid College"...  The Yeshiva assisted us with a monthly
stipend. This is what gave my wife the opportunity to successfully finish
her studies.”

Excerpt from speech given by Ya’akov Misau, immigrant from Bnei Menashe, at the graduation ceremony of vocational studies at Yeshivat Ma’alot.

In this project the Bnei Menashe learn CNC, electronics or
practical engineering.
During the course of their studies each family receives
a monthly stipend of 1800 NIS of food stamps.

This project has seen amazing success!
Of the 31 graduates of the program to date,
28 have fully integratedinto the workforce in nearby
factories and are completely financiallyindependent!
They receive no support from local charity organizations.

 

 

For the first time in the history of the State of Israel:
Bnei Menashe enlist, together with the students of Yeshivat Ma’alot, to combat units in the IDF.

How did Nachshon, a 17 year old, who made Aliya from India without a father, who did not know Hebrew and was afraid to enlist become an “Outstanding Soldier” in the Armored Engineer Corps?

Nachshon was chosen to take part in this special project of Yeshivat Ma’alot,
which integrates new Olim of the Bnei Menashe with
students of Yeshivat Ma’alot and allows them to be drafted within the Yeshivat
Hesder framework.

The Bnei Menashe olim live together with the Yeshiva students,
who help them learn Hebrew and get acclimated into Israeli society.
Together with the Yeshiva students,
they are enlisted into the combat track in the IDF.
  
Since then,
nine more soldiers from the Yeshiva- army
project have been drafted to Givati and the Armored Engineer Corps.
As of now there are a total of 15 participants in the program.

 

 

Dormitories for Bnei Menashe high school boys, some of whom have dropped out of school. The program gives these boys help with their school studies, guidance towards their enlistment in combat units of the IDF and integrates them with the Yeshiva students.

How did Yitzchak (not his real name), a boy from a home with serious financial difficulties, who dropped out of school, turn around and finish 77 at the end of 11th grade and be accepted
military placement tests for combat units of the IDF?

Within the framework of the project “Olim Kita” in
partnership with the Yeshiva high school “Abir Ya’akov” in Nahariya,
Bnei Menashe 10th-11th grade students who have not
properly integrated into school and society are sought after.

These students are given a rare opportunity to finish high school while
forging a meaningful connection to Torah,
completing their full Bagrut (matriculation) studies and enlisting in combat units of the IDF.

As part of the project the students complete their high
school studies and in the afternoons return to Yeshivat Ma’alot where they
live the Yeshiva’s dormitories.
Each student has a madrich (counselor) from
the Yeshiva’s students who has already completed his army service.
The Yeshiva’s counselors personally oversee the Bnei Menashe students,
assist them with their school studies,
care for their personal and emotional needs and
prepare them for their enlistment in the IDF.