Shana Alef students join the advanced learners of the Yeshiva to become an integral part of our Beit Midrash. They 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 make up about one third of the Shana Alef group, and are completely integrated with the Israeli students, who make up the majority of the Yeshiva community. Overseas students live and learn with their Israeli counterparts in a Hebrew-speaking environment, while being supported by English-speaking staff members.

Students live in comfortable, modern apartment on Kibbutz Kfar Etzion with kitchens and access to laundry facilities. The Yeshiva provides three meals a day to all students. Overseas and Israeli students live together, forging close, lifelong friendships.