Yeshiva University - Masmid Yearbook (New York, NY)

Page 10 text:

The idea of Torch Ll ' modo flifs rhrough oil ospecrs of the college; ir shows up in odd places and strongly influences the flavor of fhe whole, like birs of Cheddar cheese in a chef ' s salad. And we hove heard ir discussed rime ofrer fime. We hove heard ir debored, berored, expounded, confound- ed, eulogized, criricized, perfecred, dissecred. We ' ve seen ir used ro churn our public relarions mareria l, as fresh heads of cabbage are rurned in- ro cole-slaw. We ' re roo used ro rhe idea, roo nunnbed by irs frequenr use for cynical purposes. We ore ofren unoble ro realize rhar Toroh U ' modo plays o viral ond consronr role in our doy ro day life or Yeshiva.

Page 9 text:

m ' jP V f i H

Page 11 text:

The images of Torch Ll ' modo ore clear and shorp for us all. Who hosn ' r seen the wonderful picrure of rabbis — generously bearded, garbed in block — sronding with o hosr of sifrei roroh on rhe steps before rhe originol IXobbi Isaac Elchonon Theological Seminary? Who hosnr seen photographs of Yeshiva students, distinctive in their kippot or denim skirts, toiling in front of computers ond test-tubes? Who hasn ' t been con- fronted with an imoge of secular and sacred books mingled on a desk with the straps of t ' fillin? These ore all good images, poetic images, suggestive im- ages. They tell us much about the con- cepts of Toroh U ' modo: continuity with the post, interest in modernity, synthesis. But they don ' t tell us a heck of a lot about how the idea of Torah U ' moda permeates our life at the college, like soy souce permeates a pepper steak. This is on aspect well worth considering.