 Machon Yaakov is affiliated with various summer programs for those students interested in continuing studies in Jerusalem during the 10-week summer period between 1st and 2nd years.Financial aid is available to students on need-based merit.Students receiving tuition assistance—which is generally provided by philanthropists, many of whom are yeshiva graduates—are expected to make a moral commitment to repaying the funds when they begin or re-join their careers in order to make such opportunities available to future students.