ISO info about Mesikas Hatorah in Brooklyn

subee

Tue, Jul 16 2024, 2:19 pm

If anyone has any information about this new high school in Brooklyn can you please pm me. I am looking into it for my son and I don't know anyone who sends there. Thank you in advance

syeb ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 11:33 am

This is a somewhat old post but I wanted to respond if you are still looking for information. My son goes there (his second year) and it is the best thing that ever happened to us. He is thriving in this small, personal environment and the hanhalah really focuses on the full person, not just the gemara they learned.

amother

Cyclamen

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:14 pm

syeb wrote:

Where is this? What “type” of kid goes there? Please share more!!

↑ syeb ↓

Tue, Dec 03 2024, 12:25 pm

It's in Bensonhurst. They rent the basement of the Ohel Moshe building on 80th st. and Bay Parkway.

The yeshiva is made for good, fine boys who are not thriving in a regular large institutional yeshiva environment with 30+ boys in a class and a long exhausting minyan, gemara, intensive shiur, intensive English environment.

They have 9th and 10th grades now with only about 10 boys in each and cut the day into bite-size pieces with breaks in between. Each boy has a dedicated older chavursa, they have academic tutors, as well as art, music, construction, and electric instructors plus are getting social, speech, an OT therapists that will come in. They offer secular studies - enough for the boys to pass the required regents. They have regular short trips including swimming and other activities.

Overall if a boy is a good boy, willing to work a little, and can thrive in this personalized environment with super-caring rabbeim and teachers, it is an amazing place. It was certainly a lifesaver for us.