Crown Heights Yeshivas Will Buyback That iPad

Crown Heights Boys Yeshivas Oholei Torah and Lubavitch Yeshiva of Crown Street have come up with a great way to help their students “detox” from the use of internet devices during the summer months.

For the past few months, all students have been attending school online with the help of personal devices, after schools were closed during the coronavirus pandemic.

With many parents concerned about the longterm effects having access to these devices can do to young children, with school over for the year, one Oholei Torah Menahel, Rabbi Yehoshua Lustig, has a solution for parents.

“Three months ago, we made a request that we never thought we would have to make. We asked you to buy devices for your children,” Rabbi Lustig writes.

“Thanks to our dedicated staff, we were B”H able to provide a very successful בשבתך בביתך learning program while making good use of these devices.

“B”H we are now ready to zoom out! We strongly believe that our talmidim must now detox from all use of technology and be away from the screen even for what one may consider a “kosher and healthy” use of technology,” he said.

Both schools will now be launching a buy back program, offering $40 cash to buy back any device. In addition, the child whose device is returned to the school will receive a special treat, the school said.

Buy Back Program Details:
Wednesday, Beis Tammuz, from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM in the Oholei Torah dining room.
The device can be brought in by the talmid or anyone in his family on his behalf.
-Receive $40 cash on the spot.
-Any type of device will receive the same flat rate.
-You can choose to donate your device to Yeshiva or accept less than $40.

-Device qualifications:
▪️Working.
▪️No password.
▪️Signed out of any accounts such as Google, etc.
▪️Includes the recharger.