68: Choosing a Seminary (or Yeshiva) Part 2

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

emails I get from couples who watch the show together. And somebody sent me a picture of them a Melaveh Malkah where there's the laptop with my podcast, and they're sitting around the table eating their Melaveh Malkah watching the podcast on Motzei Shabbos. It's heartwarming. Anyway, I'm finishing the dedication. Thank you for all the incredible devotion and love for our family and our children. Thank you for always supporting and encouraging our spiritual and personal growth and well-being. Mamish, that's isn't that the theme of the podcast? And may Hashem help you and all of Klal Yisrael grow closer to him for many more happy and healthy years. Ari and Karen, I can only echo those sentiments. I could not have said it better myself. That what else could you ask for? A life of meaning, beauty, surrounded by children and grandchildren. Ah. Beautiful. Where your Where your focus is on your ruchniyus, your focus is on building a Torah home, what a beautiful, beautiful thing. And um we started speaking last week about uh the issue of going to seminary. If uh if you didn't see last week's podcast, stop this, go back, listen to last week's podcast, and then come back, just so you have the context, cuz this is a continuation. I've never really done this before. I've I've talked about different aspects of it, but I'm mamish going through this kasedra, cuz I think this is so important. I uh I got a letter from uh Bais Yaakov senior who's trying to decide, how do I pick a seminary? And uh and I said, "The first thing you have to do is ask yourself, why do you want to learn in a seminary in Israel?" I had a niece. She had one particular seminary that she wanted to go to, for whatever reasons,

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1. 1:05emails I get from couples who watch the show together. And somebody sent me a picture…
2. 4:42I have a whole rant about teachers, but that's not really what we're talking about now,…
3. 8:20about Reb Henoch Leibowitz. I tell stories to my children about Reb Zalman Auerbach. I tell…
4. 11:58Now, that's true. You don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. Certainly me. Everyone knows how careful…
5. 16:05a girl who was your age or older and also Baltimore would give you a bonus.…
6. 19:40Your year in seminary, let's talk straight. There is no year in seminary. It doesn't exist.…
7. 23:16house, you know?" So, we're like, "Sure, you know, we got the washing machine and dryer…
8. 27:21of the Sukkot for the husband and the son. And they're like right around. And all…
9. 30:55in Eretz Yisrael is cuz you want to be in Eretz Yisrael. You want to have…
10. 34:31that's where all seminars were. You know, if they were in Madagascar, I'd go to Madagascar.…

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