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Overseas Program Overview
Each year, scores of students coming from a variety of Diaspora countries enter the Yeshiva for a year or more of study. Sitting at the side of Israeli students in the study hall are natives of the United States of America, Great Britain, Switzerland, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Holland, France, Belgium, etc. They join the classes and become the study partners of Israeli students, in addition to the special shiurim provided for them. They learn and become able to converse fluently in Hebrew, and make rapid progress in the process of their integration. It is an inspiring experience to watch them, students from diverse lands, pronouncing their Hebrew in a multiplicity of accents as they discuss and debate Talmudic and Torah topics or Torah philosophy. The whole Jewish world is represented by those who have gathered here to occupy themselves with Torah learning and so to create new links in the glorious chain of the generations.
Many overseas students have become so imbued with the Yeshiva spirit that they remain for a second year, or even longer. Several among them resolve to settle permanently here, either immediately or in years to come. Most who return to Diaspora communities serve in a number of capacities - as rabbis, educators and communal leaders - or perform other functions vital to their communities. They proudly raise the banner of Israel aloft and are an embodiment, in all their conduct, of Torah living, coping with the challenges of the modern world. The Yeshiva maintains close ties with its former students, and its spiritual influence does not cease with their return to their native lands, but continues, always. It is gratifying to note that many graduates who have returned to their Diaspora homes to complete their secular studies, and have married there, later returned with their families to settle permanently in Israel. Here they occupy important positions, both in the field of religious education -- as teachers, founders of Yeshiva High Schools, Yeshiva Talmud instructors in existing institutions -- as well as in science and research.
Overseas Program
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