Tight Restrictions: Letter to Mir Talmidim Reveals Rigid Covid-19 Capsule Regulations for Bochurim

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The following letter was sent to talmidim of Mir Yerushalayim by the yeshiva:

Dear Talmidei Hayeshiva,

I’m happy to share with you another update that hopefully will answer many of your questions that I have received over the past few days. The Yeshiva is now waiting for a final approval of the following plan which we are hoping will come any day בעזרת ה’.
Flight

·         Bochurim will need to fly on direct flights to Eretz Yisroel together with the 6 roommates they will be spending the first 2 weeks together with, on specific dates which we will share with them as soon as they get an entry permit.

·         Please note! You will need to bring your original birth certificate with you when crossing the border to Israel.

·         A bus will be waiting for the bochurim in the airport and bring them to the campus that the yeshiva has rented for the first 2 weeks. {Matzav.com}

First 2 weeks

The Talmidim will be staying throughout the first 2 weeks in a nice spacious campus near Yam Hamelach. The Yeshiva will iy”H do its utmost to provide the Bochurim with all of their needs.

Every group of 6 bochurim will have a separate room for 14 days.

Meals will be provided in their rooms.

We will בעז”ה  be able to have porch Minyonim whereby the Bochurin in each room will stand on their own porches and see all others.

There will be a special learning schedule for these 2 weeks along with shiurim from the rebbeim iy”H. {Matzav.com}

Back to Yeshiva

Capsule means a group which will stay together throughout the zman. The Yeshiva will be divided to groups of up to 50 bochurim in each capsule all of which from the same shiur.
After 2 weeks the talmidim will return to Beis Yisroel and will be learning in the Yeshiva’s בתי מדרשות, residing in nearby diros and receiving packaged food from the Yeshivah. Every Shiur will be its own capsule, having its own section in the Beis Medresh, own diros and their own dining room for שבתות וימים טובים. (as there will be no allowance for Shabbos Seudos outside of the capsule)

There will be no need to wear masks or social distancing while in these capsule areas.
Bochurim will not be able to leave the Beis Yisroel neighborhood including Shabbos Seudos.
Within the Beis Yisroel neighborhood, Bochurim will be able to walk around and make necessary purchases while wearing masks and practicing social distancing. Any crowded area such as the shtiblach will be prohibited. Any bochur with specials need that will require leaving the Beis Yisroel neighborhood will need to receive special permission from the appointed person(s) who will be responsible for overseeing this matter.

The Yeshiva is trying bez”H to provide each capsule the possibility to exercise outside the Beis Yisroel neighborhood every week. {Matzav.com}

Fees

There is a one-time fee of $650 for the 2 weeks in Ein Gedi besides the regular tuition charges for the year.

Every Talmid will need to submit a $1,500 check which will be deposited only if Chalila a talmid violates any of the rules. This will be used to purchase an immediate flight back to his parents.

Please understand, that this is both a matter ofפיקוח נפש  and being very strictly regulated by the Israeli government. If חלילה  a bochur violates any of the rules, he is endangering the rest of the Bochurim, risking a tremendous chilul hashem, and jeopardizing all of the Bochurims rights to remain in ארץ ישראל. For the above reasons the Yeshiva will have a zero-tolerance policy, while trying to create the most comfortable and conducive environment for the Bochurim to Shteig. {Matzav.com}

Succos and winter

At the present moment it seems that bochurim will be able to be on their own (within Eretz Yisroel) over Succos Bein Hazmanim as long as they keep to the general Israeli health restrictions (e.g. masks, social distancing etc.) {Matzav.com}

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10 COMMENTS

  1. I’ll pay anything to get my 20 year old bochur out of the house! He’s been home since a couple of days after Purim and we, frankly, need him OUT. He’s a great kid – but from the distance. Sadly, my wife and I feel he’s had a huge ירידה in all aspects of yidishkite and it pains us to no end. Time to go back and hopefully he’ll get back to where he was – or, as we, albeit likely naively
    think, he was!
    A Sad Dad

    • Oiy. Emo anoichi bitzara. I really feel for you. This was/is a very difficult nisayon, having the Yeshivos and Shuls closed for such a long period of time. B”H, my older kids “seemed” to handle it, although bike riding on Ocean Parkway during 2nd Seder while allegedly learning over the phone thru their airpods (yeh right) didn’t make my wife & I happy to see one of our sons doing so. But B”H after Shavuos my boys returned to their respective out-of-town (out of Brooklyn) Yeshivos and shteiged nicely till the end of the zman. The younger ones didn’t fare so well. The phone hookup was terrible for them. They couldn’t stay focused for more than a few minutes. The distractions and constant noshing was too much for them. Then the bathroom shtick. Etc… I don’t blame them at all. If I were their age and in their shoes, I probably would of been a lot worse. Let’s daven together to the Aibishter that he should bring about a complete end to this magaifa, and all illnesses. May HKB”H reopen all the Yeshivos and Bais Yaakovs quickly and may we all have a refuah shilaima, physically, emotionally, & spiritually bikarov mamesh. May you be benched with rov nachas from all your children.

  2. This iyH will be another opportunity for Torah mitoch had’chak that many people in our day and age are not zocheh to. May we be zocheh to see the geulah bikarov!!!

    • Good. Teach those greedy landlords/dira owners, who were ripping off gullible American Yeshiva bachurim for so many years, a lesson. No crocodile tears now will work.

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