# 2/7/26 – Shiur 547 – Mental Health Challenges of Boys in Yeshiva & Girls in Seminaries Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/halacha-headlines-1058028/2-7-26-shiur-547-mental-health-challenges-of-boys-in-yeshiva-girls-in-seminaries Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/halacha-headlines-1058028/2-7-26-shiur-547-mental-health-challenges-of-boys-in-yeshiva-girls-in-seminaries.md Podcast: [Halacha Headlines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/halacha-headlines-1058028) Published: 2026-02-06T03:21:18+00:00 Episode link: http://podcast.headlinesbook.com/e/2726-%e2%80%93-shiur-547-%e2%80%93-mental-health-challenges-of-boys-in-yeshiva-girls-in-seminaries/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7mgaq3322yfzy5fs/Headlines_2-7-26.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/halacha-headlines-1058028/episodes/2-7-26-shiur-547-mental-health-challenges-of-boys-in-yeshiva-girls-in-seminaries Duration seconds: 6616 ## Resource How does coming to Israel for yeshiva and seminary affect a student’s mental health?When do difficult emotional feelings cross the line from normal struggles to something that should be addressed?Should a student who believes another is emotionally unstable report that behavior to the school administration?What are the key similarities and differences in how boys and girls experience stress, anxiety, depression, or other emotional pressures? Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job with Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz – Posek, Rosh Yeshiva & Rav, Givat Ze’ev, Israel – 8:50with Dr. Jacob Freedman – psychiatrist, speaker and author – 29:43with Dr. Shmuel Harris – psychiatrist, author and founder and director of Machon Dvir Institute, Yerushalayim – 29:43with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline – 1:02:35with Mrs. Debbie Fox – clinical social worker and author of Seminary Savvy – 1:02:35 Conclusions and takeaways – 1:40:40 מראי מקומות ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/halacha-headlines-1058028/episodes/2-7-26-shiur-547-mental-health-challenges-of-boys-in-yeshiva-girls-in-seminaries/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/halacha-headlines-1058028/2-7-26-shiur-547-mental-health-challenges-of-boys-in-yeshiva-girls-in-seminaries.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.