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In 2009, the entire yeshiva was closed down for two days due to a confirmed case of swine flu.
The yeshiva was also in the news when a fire in a nearby home caused the evacuation of the yeshiva, and three students, along with their teacher, Rabbi Yigal Abramchik, saved the lives of a woman and her child.
In 2010, after lifting a controversial blanket internet ban that had been in place for several years, the yeshiva was the first in Brooklyn to demand that parents monitor their sons' internet activity by purchasing software and signing up for the Web Chaver monitoring service.
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