This page is updated for the academic year of 5781 / 2020-2021
FINANCIAL
Tuition for 5781 (including room and board) is $14,000.
Reduced rate for families in need (including room and board) is $11,000.
Please do not raise financial matters with the administration before your son is accepted.
Payments:
1. Registration deposit: upon your son's acceptance to the yeshiva you need to pay a non-refundable sum of $300. This amount will then be deducted from your tuition. We will not hold a place for your son without remittance of the deposit.
2. Deposit against damage: Every talmid must come with $100 (ideally of his own money) in cash. Assuming all will be well, this money will be returned at the end of the year.
3. Transportation: The cost of the rides to and from the airport is $40 for each ride and is not included in the tuition. Send $80 cash with your son at the start of each zman.
4. Tuition: Tuition needs to be payed in equal monthly installments. The full tuition in the form of head-checks or a designated credit card account needs to be received by the office at the start of the academic year.
Checks should be made out to Bais Sholom and mailed to Bais Sholom, 331 W Tilden St., Postville IA 52162.
Mikva:
The kehila offers the bochurim a reduced rate of $225 for mikva access for the year. Send a separate check of $225, made out to Achdus Yisroel.
Insurance:
While the Yeshiva endeavors to provide the talmidim with a safe environment, the Yeshiva cannot bear any financial burden for medical care of the talmidim.
Ask us if your son may qualify for a government sponsored insurance program.
Otherwise, confirm with your son's medical insurance provider that he will be covered while in Postville.
You can also consider purchasing travelers insurance. (Check with insuremytrip.com, squaremouth.com and quotewright.com among others.)
To send money to your son during the year:
You can PayPal funds to eliben@juno.com and the funds will be passed along to your son. Make sure to indicate that you are sending it to a friend, not to a business.
Reduced rate for families in need (including room and board) is $11,000.
Please do not raise financial matters with the administration before your son is accepted.
Payments:
1. Registration deposit: upon your son's acceptance to the yeshiva you need to pay a non-refundable sum of $300. This amount will then be deducted from your tuition. We will not hold a place for your son without remittance of the deposit.
2. Deposit against damage: Every talmid must come with $100 (ideally of his own money) in cash. Assuming all will be well, this money will be returned at the end of the year.
3. Transportation: The cost of the rides to and from the airport is $40 for each ride and is not included in the tuition. Send $80 cash with your son at the start of each zman.
4. Tuition: Tuition needs to be payed in equal monthly installments. The full tuition in the form of head-checks or a designated credit card account needs to be received by the office at the start of the academic year.
Checks should be made out to Bais Sholom and mailed to Bais Sholom, 331 W Tilden St., Postville IA 52162.
Mikva:
The kehila offers the bochurim a reduced rate of $225 for mikva access for the year. Send a separate check of $225, made out to Achdus Yisroel.
Insurance:
While the Yeshiva endeavors to provide the talmidim with a safe environment, the Yeshiva cannot bear any financial burden for medical care of the talmidim.
Ask us if your son may qualify for a government sponsored insurance program.
Otherwise, confirm with your son's medical insurance provider that he will be covered while in Postville.
You can also consider purchasing travelers insurance. (Check with insuremytrip.com, squaremouth.com and quotewright.com among others.)
To send money to your son during the year:
You can PayPal funds to eliben@juno.com and the funds will be passed along to your son. Make sure to indicate that you are sending it to a friend, not to a business.
FORMS
Fill out and submit by fax, email or postal mail all of the following forms:
and
O Copy of the front and back of your son's insurance card
O Acceptance and tuition contract.
O Tuition payment.
O Copy of the front and back of your son's insurance card
O Acceptance and tuition contract.
O Tuition payment.
SEFORIM UPDATED FOR 5781
נגלה: בבא מציעא
הלכה: שולחן ערוך אדמו"ר הזקן חלק ב' שמירת שבת כהלכתה.
חסידות: ספר המאמרים קונטרסים ב', ספר המאמרים תרס"א.
שונות:סידור עם תהילים,סליחות, מחזור, תיקון ליל שבועות.
הלכה: שולחן ערוך אדמו"ר הזקן חלק ב' שמירת שבת כהלכתה.
חסידות: ספר המאמרים קונטרסים ב', ספר המאמרים תרס"א.
שונות:סידור עם תהילים,סליחות, מחזור, תיקון ליל שבועות.
Please note that while the hanholoh tries to help with pairing up chavrusos, setting one up in advance is the more beneficial approach.
Also, if your son requires additional support in learning, please discuss it with the hanholoh in advance, so they can direct you to specific seforim and other solutions that will be helpful.
Also, if your son requires additional support in learning, please discuss it with the hanholoh in advance, so they can direct you to specific seforim and other solutions that will be helpful.
PERSPECTIVE
Please discuss the following with your son: every bochur should come with the intention that he will daven, learn, act and grow in a way that is appropriate for a tomim and chossid.
Any bochur that comes with this in mind, will definitely succeed in accomplishing these goals and will look back at his year(s) in Mesivta of Postville as of the best in his yeshiva years!
Any bochur that comes with this in mind, will definitely succeed in accomplishing these goals and will look back at his year(s) in Mesivta of Postville as of the best in his yeshiva years!
ITEMS
Clothing:
Eidel yeshiva style clothing. White shirts (two tee shirts for gym,) no light color or tight pants, black yarmulka, low key shoes, etc.
Linen:
Come with linen and bedding. The yeshiva has twin and full size beds.
Laundry:
The bochurim go to the local laundromat, a block from yeshiva, as often as they need. They will need their own coins and detergent.
Shopping:
Glatt Market is happy to sell food and nosh to whoever is interested. There is also a Dollar General in Postville and a Walmart within a half hour's drive.
Sending Money:
Sending cash or a debit card with your son should be the most simple method. The yeshiva has a Safe where larger sums and important documents and valuables can be held. You can also PayPal funds to yeshhoamiti@gmail.com and the funds will be passed along to your son.
What else?
Things your son may bring along or have: camera; some boys buy used bikes when they get here; non-internet capable music player.
Other items:
Of course, bochurim should not possess newspapers, secular books, cigarettes, non-chassidishe music, or any other inappropriate or negative items.
Bochurim should not bring or possess “smart devices” that are capable of internet access such as iPod Touch, etc..*
There is a public phone available to the bochurim. Bochurim will certainly have a more productive year if they do not have a cell phone with them. The bochurim should not bring cell phones with them. The hanholoh will not return phones on Friday.
* Any such devices will be held by the hanholoh and may or may not be returned at the end of the year.
Eidel yeshiva style clothing. White shirts (two tee shirts for gym,) no light color or tight pants, black yarmulka, low key shoes, etc.
Linen:
Come with linen and bedding. The yeshiva has twin and full size beds.
Laundry:
The bochurim go to the local laundromat, a block from yeshiva, as often as they need. They will need their own coins and detergent.
Shopping:
Glatt Market is happy to sell food and nosh to whoever is interested. There is also a Dollar General in Postville and a Walmart within a half hour's drive.
Sending Money:
Sending cash or a debit card with your son should be the most simple method. The yeshiva has a Safe where larger sums and important documents and valuables can be held. You can also PayPal funds to yeshhoamiti@gmail.com and the funds will be passed along to your son.
What else?
Things your son may bring along or have: camera; some boys buy used bikes when they get here; non-internet capable music player.
Other items:
Of course, bochurim should not possess newspapers, secular books, cigarettes, non-chassidishe music, or any other inappropriate or negative items.
Bochurim should not bring or possess “smart devices” that are capable of internet access such as iPod Touch, etc..*
There is a public phone available to the bochurim. Bochurim will certainly have a more productive year if they do not have a cell phone with them. The bochurim should not bring cell phones with them. The hanholoh will not return phones on Friday.
* Any such devices will be held by the hanholoh and may or may not be returned at the end of the year.
CALENDAR
Iyh the new zman will begin Wednesday 6 Elul (August 26) until Tuesday 11 Tishrei (September 29)
Please click here for more info
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getting to postville
Postville is a small, unique town, and one of our challenges is transportation, there is no airport within a an hour drive and no buses or trains that come directly to Postville. for the benefit of our talmidim, we have put together a list of airports to help you navigate choosing and booking your flights. Usually the airports that are closer are more expensive but it is always worth a try to check them out.
At the beginning and the end of every Zman, the Bochurim usually fly to one airport and the yeshiva helps arrange a ride.
A Bochur flying alone (or any other time besides the beginning and end of the zman) will need to arrange (and pay for) his own ride to or from the airport.
There are local (from Postville - in the bigger cities the taxis will be very expensive) drivers who can do the taxi service to or from the airport (for a fee). If you are interested then please contact yeshiva and they will put you in touch with who is available at that time.
Another option would be Earl Public Transit. their number is 886 382 4259. They can do pick ups to or from Waterloo, La Crosse, Dubuque, Rochester, and Cedar Rapids. You would need to call them in advance and see what they have available.
Waterloo Regional Airport (ALO) is a 1 hour and 30 minutes drive from Postville.
Located: Waterloo, Iowa
Phone number: 319 291 4483
Website: flyalo.com
Airline: American Airlines
Notes: There are two daily flights to/from Chicago (ORD)
La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) is a 1 hour and 30 minutes drive from Postville.
Located: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Phone number: 608 789 7464
Website: lseairport.com
Airlines: American Airlines and Delta
Notes: There are three daily flights and offers non stop flights to Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis.
Dubuque Regional Airport (DBQ) is a 1 hour and 40 minute drive from Postville.
Located: Dubuque, Iowa
Phone number: 563 589 4128
Website: flydbq.com
Airline: American Airlines
Notes: Offers non stop flights to Chicago (ORD).
Rochester Inernational Airport (RST) is a 1 hour and 45 minutes drive from Postville.
Located: Rochester, Minnesota
Phone number: 507 282 2328
Website: flyrst.com
Below are listed the airlines and the airports that they fly non stop too.
American Airlines - Chicago (ORD)
Delta - Atlanta (ATL) and Minneapolis (MSP)
United - Chicago (ORD) and Denver (DEN)
Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is a 2 hour drive from Postville.
Located: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Phone number: 319 362 8336
Website: flycid.com
Below are listed the airlines and their non stop destinations.
Allegiant - Las Vegas (LAS), Los Angeles (LAX-seasonal), Nashville (BNA-seasonal), Orlando Sanford (SFB), Phoenix-Mesa (AZA),
Punta Gorda/Ft. Myers (PGD) and St. Petersburg/Tampa (PIE).
American Airlines - Charlotte (CLT), Chicago (ORD), Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW) and Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)
Delta - Atlanta (ATL), Detroit (DTW) and Minneopolis (MSP)
Frontier - Denver (DEN)
United - Chicago (ORD) and Denver (DEN)
Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) is a 2 hour and 35 minute drive from Postville.
Located: Madison, Wisconsin
Phone number: 608 246 3380
Website: msnairport.com
Airlines: American Airline, Delta, Frontier, Sun Country Airline and United.
Non stop flights to these airports: Atlanta (ATL), Boston (BOS), Charlotte (CLT), Chicago (ORD), Dallas Fort Worth (DFS), Denver (DEN), Detroit (DTW),
Fort Myers (RSW), Las Vegas (LAX), Los Angeles (LAX), Minneapolis (MSP), Nashville (BNA), New York (LGA), Newark (EWR), Orlando (MCO), Portland (PDX), Philadelphia (PHL), Phoenix (PHX), Salt Lake City (SLC), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), Tampa (TPA), and Washington D.C. (DCA)(IAD).
Paul International Airport (MSP) is a 3 hour drive from Postville.
Located: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Phone number: 612 726 5555
Website: mspairport.com
Airlines: Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Air Choice One, Air France, Alaska Airline, Boutique Air, Delta, Denver Air, KLM, Spirit, United, Condor, Frontier Airlines,
Icelandair, JetBlue, Southwest and Sun Country Airlines.
Notes: On the website there is a live chat and you can request an email listing all the non stop destinations.
Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is a 3 hour and 35 minute from Postville.
Located: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Phone number: 414 747 5300
Website: mitchellairport.com
Airlines: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, and United.
These are the non stop destinations: Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore (BWI), Boston (BOS), Charlotte (CLT), Chicago (ORD), Dallas Fort Worth (DFS), Dallas/Love (DAL), Denver (DEN), Detroit (DTW), Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood (FLL), Fort Myers (RSW), Houston Hobby (HOV), Houston Intercontinental (IAH), Kansas City (MCI), Las Vegas (LAX), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), Minneapolis (MSP), Nashville (BNA), New York (LGA), Newark (EWR), Orlando (MCO),
Philadelphia (PHL), Phoenix (PHX), Salt Lake City (SLC), Seattle (SEA), St. Louis (STL), Tampa (TPA), Toronto Canada (YYZ), and
Washington Reagan National (DCA).
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is a 4 hour and 15 minute drive from Postville.
Located: Chicago, Illinois
Phone number: 800 832 6352
Website: flychicago.com
Airlines: Aer Lingus, AeroMexico, Air Canada, Air Choice One, Air France, Air India, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, Alitalia, All Nippon, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Boutique Air, British Airways, Cape air, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Eastern Airlines, Copa Airlines, Delta and Delta Shuttle, EVA Air, Emirates, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Frontier Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Iberia Airlines, Interjet Airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL), JetBlue, KLM Royal Dutch, Korean Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Norwegian, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, Swiss, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Spirit Airlines, Sun Country, Tap Air Portugal, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, VivaAerobus, and Volaris Airlines.
Notes: Please check the website for the non stop destinations as there are many.
Midway International Airport (MDW) is a 5 hour and 10 minute drive from Postville.
Located: Chicago, Illinois
Phone number: 773 838 0600
Website: flychicago.com
Airlines: Allegiant, Delta, North Country Sky, Porter Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Volaris Airlines.
Notes: Please check the website for the non stop destinations.
When we will arrange for a ride from the airport to Postville and back, The cost of the ride is usually $40 per talmid/ride, when part of the group. The responsibility for payment for all rides to and from the airport is not included in the tuition and lies on the parents.
At the beginning and the end of every Zman, the Bochurim usually fly to one airport and the yeshiva helps arrange a ride.
A Bochur flying alone (or any other time besides the beginning and end of the zman) will need to arrange (and pay for) his own ride to or from the airport.
There are local (from Postville - in the bigger cities the taxis will be very expensive) drivers who can do the taxi service to or from the airport (for a fee). If you are interested then please contact yeshiva and they will put you in touch with who is available at that time.
Another option would be Earl Public Transit. their number is 886 382 4259. They can do pick ups to or from Waterloo, La Crosse, Dubuque, Rochester, and Cedar Rapids. You would need to call them in advance and see what they have available.
Waterloo Regional Airport (ALO) is a 1 hour and 30 minutes drive from Postville.
Located: Waterloo, Iowa
Phone number: 319 291 4483
Website: flyalo.com
Airline: American Airlines
Notes: There are two daily flights to/from Chicago (ORD)
La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE) is a 1 hour and 30 minutes drive from Postville.
Located: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Phone number: 608 789 7464
Website: lseairport.com
Airlines: American Airlines and Delta
Notes: There are three daily flights and offers non stop flights to Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis.
Dubuque Regional Airport (DBQ) is a 1 hour and 40 minute drive from Postville.
Located: Dubuque, Iowa
Phone number: 563 589 4128
Website: flydbq.com
Airline: American Airlines
Notes: Offers non stop flights to Chicago (ORD).
Rochester Inernational Airport (RST) is a 1 hour and 45 minutes drive from Postville.
Located: Rochester, Minnesota
Phone number: 507 282 2328
Website: flyrst.com
Below are listed the airlines and the airports that they fly non stop too.
American Airlines - Chicago (ORD)
Delta - Atlanta (ATL) and Minneapolis (MSP)
United - Chicago (ORD) and Denver (DEN)
Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is a 2 hour drive from Postville.
Located: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Phone number: 319 362 8336
Website: flycid.com
Below are listed the airlines and their non stop destinations.
Allegiant - Las Vegas (LAS), Los Angeles (LAX-seasonal), Nashville (BNA-seasonal), Orlando Sanford (SFB), Phoenix-Mesa (AZA),
Punta Gorda/Ft. Myers (PGD) and St. Petersburg/Tampa (PIE).
American Airlines - Charlotte (CLT), Chicago (ORD), Dallas-Ft. Worth (DFW) and Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)
Delta - Atlanta (ATL), Detroit (DTW) and Minneopolis (MSP)
Frontier - Denver (DEN)
United - Chicago (ORD) and Denver (DEN)
Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) is a 2 hour and 35 minute drive from Postville.
Located: Madison, Wisconsin
Phone number: 608 246 3380
Website: msnairport.com
Airlines: American Airline, Delta, Frontier, Sun Country Airline and United.
Non stop flights to these airports: Atlanta (ATL), Boston (BOS), Charlotte (CLT), Chicago (ORD), Dallas Fort Worth (DFS), Denver (DEN), Detroit (DTW),
Fort Myers (RSW), Las Vegas (LAX), Los Angeles (LAX), Minneapolis (MSP), Nashville (BNA), New York (LGA), Newark (EWR), Orlando (MCO), Portland (PDX), Philadelphia (PHL), Phoenix (PHX), Salt Lake City (SLC), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), Tampa (TPA), and Washington D.C. (DCA)(IAD).
Paul International Airport (MSP) is a 3 hour drive from Postville.
Located: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Phone number: 612 726 5555
Website: mspairport.com
Airlines: Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Air Choice One, Air France, Alaska Airline, Boutique Air, Delta, Denver Air, KLM, Spirit, United, Condor, Frontier Airlines,
Icelandair, JetBlue, Southwest and Sun Country Airlines.
Notes: On the website there is a live chat and you can request an email listing all the non stop destinations.
Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is a 3 hour and 35 minute from Postville.
Located: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Phone number: 414 747 5300
Website: mitchellairport.com
Airlines: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, and United.
These are the non stop destinations: Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore (BWI), Boston (BOS), Charlotte (CLT), Chicago (ORD), Dallas Fort Worth (DFS), Dallas/Love (DAL), Denver (DEN), Detroit (DTW), Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood (FLL), Fort Myers (RSW), Houston Hobby (HOV), Houston Intercontinental (IAH), Kansas City (MCI), Las Vegas (LAX), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), Minneapolis (MSP), Nashville (BNA), New York (LGA), Newark (EWR), Orlando (MCO),
Philadelphia (PHL), Phoenix (PHX), Salt Lake City (SLC), Seattle (SEA), St. Louis (STL), Tampa (TPA), Toronto Canada (YYZ), and
Washington Reagan National (DCA).
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is a 4 hour and 15 minute drive from Postville.
Located: Chicago, Illinois
Phone number: 800 832 6352
Website: flychicago.com
Airlines: Aer Lingus, AeroMexico, Air Canada, Air Choice One, Air France, Air India, Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, Alitalia, All Nippon, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Boutique Air, British Airways, Cape air, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Eastern Airlines, Copa Airlines, Delta and Delta Shuttle, EVA Air, Emirates, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Frontier Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Iberia Airlines, Interjet Airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL), JetBlue, KLM Royal Dutch, Korean Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Norwegian, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, Swiss, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Spirit Airlines, Sun Country, Tap Air Portugal, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, VivaAerobus, and Volaris Airlines.
Notes: Please check the website for the non stop destinations as there are many.
Midway International Airport (MDW) is a 5 hour and 10 minute drive from Postville.
Located: Chicago, Illinois
Phone number: 773 838 0600
Website: flychicago.com
Airlines: Allegiant, Delta, North Country Sky, Porter Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Volaris Airlines.
Notes: Please check the website for the non stop destinations.
When we will arrange for a ride from the airport to Postville and back, The cost of the ride is usually $40 per talmid/ride, when part of the group. The responsibility for payment for all rides to and from the airport is not included in the tuition and lies on the parents.
ADDRESS
For letters and packages:
Your Son
C/O Levin
331 W Tilden St.
Postville, IA 52162
Your Son
C/O Levin
331 W Tilden St.
Postville, IA 52162