Yeshiva University High School For Boys - Elchanite Yearbook (New York, NY)

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was The dreaded expecTancy oT The ordeal oT The approaching Tesf ThaT seemed To haunT The boys. They knew ThaT by The Time Dr. Revel con- cluded wiTh The examinaTion he would have a compleTe picTure oT Their knowledge OT The Talmud - - - or The lack oT iT. The boys knew ThaT There was no hiding one's ignorance or lack oT preparaTion in any subTerTuges or excuses. And yeT, while The boys Teared him, They neverTheless had a deep respecT Tor him. In his presence They seemed To be inspired wiTh a 'iYiras l'lakovod , ThaT was a combinaTion oT love, aTTecTion, admiraTion and awe. When They passed Through The ordeal oT such a Bchina , There was rekindled in The boys The desire To sTudy, To overcome whaT- ever diTTicuITies ThaT may have arisen in Their Talmudic sTudies. My room was nexT To Dr. Revel's oTTice. I meT him almosT daily as I was enTering my room and he was leaving Tor The day. lnvariably, he would grasp my hands and, wiTh his halTing speech, ask me, T-low are The boys, Dr. Shapiro? I-low are They? And when I gave him a cheerful reply, I could see ThaT iT acTed like a Tonic upon him. I aTTended a Chagiga some Time ago. QuiTe a large congrega- Tion of sTudenTs, visiTors, and guesTs were presenT. One would Think ThaT, on such an occasion, he would remain digniTied and alooT. NOT Dr. Revel. When The boys bursT TorTh inTo Tamiliar Yeshiva songs, Dr. Revel ioined Them. BuT more Than ThaT. I-le leTT his exaITed dais and marched Through The aisles swinging his hands in his characTerisTic Tashion, and leading his boys in singing. I was deeply moved by This specTacIe. Once more Dr. Revel proved To The assembled audience ThaT To The boys he was noT The ausTere Dr. Revel, The presidenT oT The Yeshiva. To Them he was more Than Rosh I-laishiva . I-le was also Their spiriTual TaTher, Their broTher, a Tellow reveler, a Tellow singer. I-le was permeaTed wiTh The spiriT OT The occasion and wished To in- culcaTe The boys wiTh The same spiriT. And The boys seemed To respond. Their hearTs and souls, and The hearT and soul oT Their leader and Rabbi, were merged in a real Oineg-Ruachu. ln The deaTh oT Dr. Revel, World Jewry IosT a greaT man, a greaT scholar, and The Yeshiva IosT iTs leader. ln due Time, some oTher greaT rabbi will Take his place as The head oT This insTiTuTion. BuT iT will be a long Time, indeed, before The new propheT of Israel will be able To replace The laTe Dr. Bernard Revel in The hearTs and souls oT The sTudenTs who knew him so well and loved him so dearly. ELcHANlrE page Seven

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