Yeshivas Chabad Cholon

Yeshivas Chabad Cholon:

Rosh Yeshiva: R' Shlomo Chaim Kesselman

Menahel: R' Dovid Gurarie

Mashpia: R' Moshe Gruzman

Mashpia: R Sholom Feldman

Bochurim 20-40
The Yeshiva is composed of students between the ages of 17 and 2o with one main Shiur for all.

Overview:
The Yeshiva is situated in Holon, Israel, which is a very not religious city, it is in a pretty quite setting. It is about 15 minutes from Kfar Chabad, 20 from Tel-Aviv and 1 hour from Yershalaim.
The dorms are in Yeshiva's property and in apartments in surrounding streets.
The Yeshiva was created as an American Yeshiva in Israel so the Gashmius is generally better.

Pros,

• It is in a very quite setting, enabling Bochurim to learn unhindered and undisrubted, there is also no ability to be running to peoples houses and the like, unlike the majority of Israel where Bochurim are always in transit, in Cholon you can have a pretty decent year, and also have the ability of enjoying Israel.
• It is a very small Yeshiva, with the ability to give much individual and personified attention to the Bochurim.
• Big Shlichus Opportunities.
• The Rosh Yeshiva is young and comfortable to talk to.
  
• Amazing food.
• There is a separate heating and air conditioning system in every room.
  

Con's

• Being that it is in such a quite setting it can get somewhat boring, causing a Bochur to go on frequent trips, to Kfar Chabad and the like.
• Since it is a very small Yeshiva, it loses some of the typical Yeshiva (Bochur) atmosphere and Chayus. The Farbrengens are short and not many because of this. Also (this goes both ways) the Bochurim directly effect one another, for the good or for the bad.
• The Shiurim are in Hebrew or Yiddish depending on what the Bochurim want, but not in English because not all the Hanholoh speaks English.

The bottom line:

If you are a motivated Bochur that needs or would like more of an individual approach / connection with the Hanholoh, and will enjoy quietness, and are coming with a good group of friends with whom you will be happy living with for the year, you can be very successful there and also get in some of the fun and touring that comes with learning in Israel.

While as if you are a Bochur that enjoys and needs the company of alot of other Bochurim, and enjoys many Farbrengens and the excitement of places like Crown Heights, you will probably not grow there and on the contrary go out of your mind, or just be running around Israel and not learning a word.