Shana Alef students will join the advanced learners of the yeshiva to become an integral part of our beit midrash. They will experience intensive Talmud Torah at the highest level accompanied by meaningful spiritual growth and engagement with the land and people of Israel. The students who join the one-year program from chutz la-aretz will make up about one third of the Shana Alef group, and will be completely integrated with the Israeli students who make up the majority of the yeshiva community. Overseas students will live and learn with their Israeli counterparts in a Hebrew-speaking environment, while being supported by English-speaking staff members.

Yeshivat Drisha offers advanced learners an opportunity to learn in its beit midrash. This program is open to women who have engaged in serious Torah study for at least one year and would like to continue full-time study, five days a week. Advanced learners are the foundation of the Yeshiva and serve as role models to the younger students, modeling full-time Torah study as a life pursuit alongside family and other demands. The whole Yeshiva studies the same masechet each year, which fosters interactions and learning opportunities between students of all programs.