By Rivky Levy
When I came home from Israel after seminary, I was on a major high. It had been a wonderful year filled with intense, deep and insightful learning. I had a new appreciation for Yiddishkeit that I had never experienced before and I made plans with chavrusas to keep it up.
But then day-to-day life kicked in.
I started working at a Chabad house and life got busy. I quickly came to realize that I wouldn’t be able to learn again the way I did in seminary, and I truly missed it. I had what can be called PSSD: Post Seminary Spiritual Deficiency.
By the time Chof Beis Shevat came around, I was really in need of spiritual uplifting.
A friend convinced me to sign up for the post-seminary Kinus and it brought back that wonderful feeling of seminary again, where you can eat sleep and breath chassidus.
The entire event was done so professionally, the speakers were deep and relatable, the topics were so diverse including dating, marriage, Chinuch, Avodas Hashem and even nutrition!
The food of course was incredible but most of all it was a chance to reconnect. I know I am not the only one who had this struggle since seminary.
Now that a year has past it would be selfish for me not to share my thoughts on this subject. I am turning to all of you to sign up! You and your friends will definitely get a re-boost to continue on your Shlichus.
For more info about the young women’s kinus, visit youngwomenskinus.weebly.com
One of my dorm mates put it so beautifully in the beginning of Sem Alef: “Seminary is the Tishrei of your life!” We’re not meant to stay in that spiritual “bubble” forever–it’s intense but short-term, because the goal is to draw on that inspiration in our daily lives from then on. I have seen how vital it is–and, sadly, how ungrounded the girls who don’t go become–but it should be a catalyst for lifelong learning (including textual!) and personal growth.
Mrs. Saxon
So true! Wow i can really relate… now that i am bh married with a few kids kh.. i am still dreaming about going back to seminary. Why isnt there a seminary for women who are still young and still yearn for a spiritual education? Being in israel really added a lot to my spiritual connection to the Rebbe and Hashem obviously. But when i came back to Crown Heights… suddenly the world crashed before my eyes! its full of Gashmiusdikeh stuff!
MOSHIACH NOW!
So proud of you! We love you!
Sara Elharrar is a powerhouse!
I went to YWK for 3 years and I LOVED IT! Kept me going!!!
I too had pssd, I was on such a high from all the intense spirituality that we were “in”… l wanted to replicate the experience but on day to day life it just doesn’t work. The question is if this type of chasidishkeit for girls is not practical why do we cater such type of intense chasidishkeit in high school/seminary? All that remains for me from all this is confusion.
Go to Levi Yitzchok Library every Tuesday at PM and your spiritual uplift will continue.
The classes are geared to girls just like you.
nice positive short to the point
thanks for sharing
Sarah Elharrar & Chayala Mentz!!!!!!
Thank you for arranging this pampered weekend both spiritually & physically for single girls. Programs like this are essential for us. I know this will be a weekend I will enjoy!
I know we dont say it enough but a big Yasher Koach to the organizers!
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Very moving story!
Thanks for sharing!
Love ya!
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