This is a Jerusalem academy.
It comes back to this because it's really the heart, the essence.
Jerusalem - with all of its diversity, with all of its associations,
the depth, the breadth, the wisdom, the depth of knowledge,
and the Torah in Jerusalem.
We are the closest Beit Midrash to the Holy of Holies,
and the students have the opportunity to walk from the dorm rooms to the academy,
taking the same path Rabbi Goren ran down during the Six-Day War.
I think it's really special.
The guys come here after 12th grade.
It's the first time they've come to a place where they can ask their biggest questions about life.
They know that this place will give them what they need,
and the entire atmosphere here...
the honesty, the openness, the connection...
This is the healthiest place from which to learn Torah,
because the Torah needs to be something that penetrates us, that seeps in
to our personalities, not just to be pieces of information in our heads.
At the academy, first of all, I'm preparing myself for life,
for the army, family life, marriage,
for raising my children, for what I want my life to look like.
It just about constantly ascending.
There's so much truth here.
Our nation has a dream.
This dream is called the Return to Zion.
"When the Lord restores the fortunes of Zion we see it as in a dream."
At the academy, we work to realize this dream...
by learning Torah, and settling near the Temple.
We do this with a sense of being emissaries for the entire Jewish people.
For Ateret's unique spirit to continue thriving in the heart of Jerusalem,
we must not let things disintegrate.
Let's join forces to remodel the academy's buildings
and deepen our foothold in the heart of Jerusalem.