Bnos Avigail Seminary | Imamother (2025)

How academic is it?

And what type of girls go there?

She needs a seminary that doesn't require strong Hebrew textual skills but offers great hashkafah classes.
She can't read or translate a Ramban but she is solid, and great at intellectual classes that don't involve complex mefarshim.

She wants to be with girls who are solid in their Yiddishkeit (girls with flip phones)

Will she do well there?

I'm not sure. Could BYA be a good fit? I know someone who went there who wanted to be around good girls and learn a lot, but wasn't academic. It's a little more yeshivish than Bnos Avigail, I think.

How would you describe your daughter hashkafa?

I would describe her as Yeshivish. Doesn’t listen to non-Jewish music and doesn’t watch movies.
And has pretty good standards in her Yiddishkeit.

Unfortunately, maybe of the seminaries that that aren’t academic tend to take a crowd that my daughter isn’t comfortable with.
Many of the seminaries that don’t care about grades are full of girls who aren’t necessarily the most solid in their Yiddishkeit

So now we’re trying to find out which places will be okay with my daughters academic challenge but also have good, solid girls.

Based on this I would say check out BYA. Could be a good fit. I wonder if Kesser Chaya would also be something to look into.

This seminary is not know for lots of hashgafa classes although that could change. When rabbi kass was asked if there are academic supports during the open house, he answered that m If a girl is not literate they should not apply. It does not sound like the right fit for your daughter.