- Our Flagship Program · Since 1949Three hundred girls. 120 girls in one home.
Three hundred girls. 120 girls in one home.
Seventy-five years.
'Bayit Lepleitot' is the main dormitory building - the place where Rabbi Naftali Rosenfeld zt"l opened his door to 24 girls in תש״ט. That door has never closed. Today, more than 120 girls live, study and grow up here, from elementary school through the end of seminary.
Photo · Two of our girls, in the courtyard.
+120
Girls today
12-22
Age range
1949
Established
96%
Graduate to seminary
- Who We Serve
Girls who arrive carrying more than a suitcase.
Most come to us between elementary and high school age, from families fractured by abuse, addiction, neglect, or simply absence. Some are orphaned. Some have living parents who can't be parents right now. All of them need what every child needs: a quiet room, a hot dinner, a steady adult, and a future they can believe in.
- What We Provide
Everything that a home and a family give
Special activity rooms
Special activity rooms that the girls design themselves. Their personal space.
Three Meals & a Snack Corner
Home-cooked food. 24/7 fruit, coffee, dessert. No locked pantries.
School + Tutoring
Many arrive with considerable learning gaps. We are here to close them.
Help in dealings with the educational frameworks
Matching educational frameworks and support with every educational challenge along the entire way
Emotional wraparound support
Emotional therapists in the field of mental health, who help the girls who are struggling find a way out of the pain
Life Beyond 18
Help with matchmaking, and accompaniment toward the wedding canopy, with a respectable financial dowry. We always remain at their side
- A Day in the Home
Routine is the gift.
- 16:30-21:00Activities for girlsA rich lunch, educational activity with bonding and a family, experiential atmosphere, and personal counselors and a variety of games. In addition, leisure days, holidays and festive occasions
- 16:30-22:30The activity for girlsA hearty lunch, educational activity with bonding and a family and experiential atmosphere, and personal counselors and a variety of games. In addition, leisure days, holidays and festivals
- 3:30pHomework + tutoringOne-on-one help. Quiet study halls. Snack corner open.
- 5:30pActivitiesMusic, art, drama therapy, swimming. Twice a week - vocational training.
- 7:00pDinnerThe full house, every night. The table no one misses.
- 9:30pWind-downMentor check-ins. Quiet hour. Lights at 10:30.
“For the first three nights I simply didn't sleep - I waited in dread for someone to come in and scream at me the way I was used to from where I came from. On the fourth night I burst into tears of joy, because of the calm that settled over me. Since then it hasn't left me”Shira B.· Bayit Lepleitot 2008-2017 · Now a social worker in Beit Shemesh
- Designated Donation
★ Designated to this programHow can you support the girls of 'Bayit Lepleitot'
- Books & supplies
- A week of meals & care
- School tutoring
- Fully sponsor a girl
Your monthly gift goes directly to Bayit Lepleitot - to the meals, mentors, and routines that turn a house into a home. You'll get a quarterly letter from the team - and once a year, a hand-written one from a girl (anonymous, by request).
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