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The Yeshiva has grown in size, but the staff continues to maintain the same warmth and individual attention to talmidim it offered when there were only two classes.
marketable skills in areas like plumbing, electricity and woodworking. Some of its graduates are now respected tradesmen in the Far Rockaway / Five Towns community, while others have pursued different careers, including business, long-term learning or teaching. The Yeshiva’ s many academically gifted talmidim are also given special opportunities to develop their talents, with the Yeshiva providing them extra enrichment via advanced shiurim, and in general studies, Advanced Placement( AP) courses.
About seven years ago, Rav Bender inaugurated a program to help talmidim whose learning may be challenged not by physical or cognitive issues but by difficult family situations. Students from widowed or divorced homes, or who have other family challenges, are provided with whatever help they might need to succeed in yeshiva. Assistance ranges from new clothing for yom tov to counseling services to pairing them with local fathers who accompany the boys to shul on Shabbos.
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