These projects have revitalized the neighborhood
and have created a domino effect, encouraging
scores of Yeshiva-affiliated families to purchase
their own homes and move into the area.
But Rav Bender hoped to attract more frum families to the area, and
began by building 12 houses for yeshiva families in 1999. Five years later,
eight more houses were constructed, and 16 more followed in 2010. The
Yeshiva also bought a small apartment building in 2007 to be used for
kollel housing. These projects have revitalized the neighborhood and
have created a domino effect, encouraging scores of Yeshiva-affiliated
families to purchase their own homes and move into the area. Today, the
neighborhood has been completely transformed, with an estimated 200
frum families living near the Yeshiva.
The Yeshiva is a hub of activity throughout the year. In the summertime,
the campus is the site of Simcha Day Camp, a program
that serves hundreds of children from
the local community and beyond.
Machaneh
HaKayitz,
another
community day camp, opened in
2009. (A few years ago, the Yeshiva
acquired a property in upstate Sullivan
County for Camp Oraysa, an overnight
program for its Mesivta and Beis Medrash
students.)
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