Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

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one of yeshiva ' s strong, or weak points, (depending on whom you ask) Is its religious divisions, commonly known as riets, emc, and jss, each division has a purpose and derech of Its own. riets Is the yeshivlsh program, where students learn gemorah till three in the afternoon, even within this religious division there are subdivisions, riets contains many types of bochurim, identifiable by religious outlook, attitude and appearance, many talmldim are extremely serious about limudei kodesh and emerge with a veldt of torah knowledge, (and sometimes even semlcha). there are talmldim who take full advantage of excellent rebbeim, many of whom are young yu graduates and relate well to the yu student, at night, the belt medrash Is full, probably more so than during the day. bochrim who go through riets have the opportunity to receive the finest education in limudei kodesh. however, there are some talmldim of riets who are proficient in only one tractate

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eless school, where we must , es that we may learn to live! : is he who memorizes s that leave no time for prayer. — thomas hardy basic dilemma facing the yeshiva stud .. . I he should direct his energies, in addition to the pro poning time to both talmud torah and college cou pt was faced with a myriad of extracurricular and corri les. one group of students, known as joes | Ives from everything but the academic experienci ited their entire being to studying so as to be abl ?good law or med school, it was truly a rare occurren| I lift his nose from books so as to involve himself | lurricular activity. | I I Irence, clad in wisdom ' s guise, | [titude of mind supplies. 1 ; — Jonathan swift | t the other extreme were those students who didnj very seriously, for the jocks , the primary aspectl f experience was the opportunity to ' shoot the hool art in wrestling intramurals. a more idealistic | [Tits manned posts in various youth organizations. a| ihder the auspices of dirshu, seminar, or n.c.s.y., y tudents would travel throughout the country rekindling t| if yiddishkelt. some became so involved in the cause of J ■»e world that college became merely a part-time endeavor! i easy solutions to the many conflicts and dilemmas iri biva ' life. . . J isssaiaassiiSgfessMtfrfj ' M

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morning seder: actually the only seder, since there is no afternoon or evening seder, rav char- lop: director of riets and short hand champion of the bronx. attendance monitor: checks on your coming to the b ' m. pays to get him on your side. 9:15 this refers to sha ' os kaplanios not to the 60 minute hour, the amount of hours spent on kaplans the week before the boards is multiplied by the hours spent on bio and divided by the minutes spent learning and multi- plied by V2 the letters rav charlop sent to your parents, halacha I ' moso- lo mimolly: these ordin- ances are most severe in form and it has been ruled that they cannot be questioned, even by rav charlop. rav arnest: some say there was another part to his state- ment — i did not know there was a morning seder and, halvai, there should be no shiur today either , however it is generally agreed upon that, because of certain magayfos in his shiur, rav arnest became ex- tremely erratic and many of his sayings have been discounted, he suffered from hallucinations and one even stated that he saw talmidim taking off and letting out in shiur. moso o.notatana,amora, rishon, or achron, just a tractate joe med mistmali: from when must one be at morning seder? rav charlop says nine o-clock sharp, the attendance monitor is maykill, till 9:15. mosolo allows, bishas hadchak, till 9:30. others say one has till 8 hours after retiring, provided that one was studying for orgo. if one was busting for the boards, some even say, till 10 hours, a senior, even at 11:15, will not sign the late sheet. gemara: from where do we know there is a morning seder? rav charlop says it is helacha I ' mosolo mimolly and must be strictly adhered to. rav arnest says i did not know there was a morning seder , most bachurey heyeshiva agree, there is no seder in the yeshiva. acher says: i agree that there is a seder, but some cannot come because they are occupied with applications and kaplans. what is the penalty for not coming? rav kaplan rules. There is nothing wrong with not going to seder if you are confronted with boards, does it not say (pre-med handbook, 55B) One who is occupied with the boards, is potur from all else ? who is a true joe? rav doc says: one who will not sleep, eat, or talk, but will engage only in orgo. some say he must not even breath, most agree, there are no true joes left in the land. bimmy. orgo: commonly known as the yetzer hara. molly: rosh yeshiva of riets. senior: not related to the term semicha as referred to in maseches bums (21b) a senior, if he come to shiur twice a week is a tsadik. if he is in rav arnest ' s shiur, he is a tsadik if he just keeps his clothes on , acher: lit. something else, together with rav shmuel: the disciple of rav arnest. he exposed many talents in class, and went to great lengths to please his rebbi, although, because of his undue modesty, he denies it. kaplans: rival mokom limud. it generally takes away 30—40 stu- dents a year from riets, for periods of two to three months, its rosh yeshiva, rav kaplan, was put in cherem by many author- ities, but it was lifted when everyone started getting sick, and there was no one to cure them. joe: a talmid of rav kaplan. rav charlop disdains them but they disregard him and follow their own teachings, concerning morning seder, (maseches bums 74b) a cut at 9:00 saves time (and adds 15 points to the boards) no true joes: many however have tried, ajoegohmur is someone who reaches the highest pinnacle of joe- daism. may we be zoche to see the coming of joe moshiac with his 800 boards, amen. 10