“What conceivable Torah benefit is there to send a girl to seminary in Israel? “
for the first time in two years i disagree with joseph.
all the girls i know who spent a year or more in a makom Kedushah, in the land of Kedusha, in Yerushalayim, the city of Kedusha, in an environment of Yiddishkeit, with far less exposure to goyish media and influences, learning Torah Hashkafa, growing in Yiddishkeit along with close friends, sharing experiences of growth, were profoundly affected in a deep manner. it gave them a foundation strongly rooted in Yiddishkeit which improved their life for the years following that year. this includes my three daughters-in-law, and many of their friends, and other girls i know.
it’s not so much the learning in seminary (which can also be wonderful, or not, depending on the seminary) but it’s the year breathing the air and Neshama of Eretz Yisroel, meeting the Kosel, seeing Holy Eretz Yisroel Yiddin, feeling a belonging to your People, being closer to Hashem, performing the Mitzvohs of The Land.