'תורה מחזרת על אכסניא שלה - בבא מציעא פ"ה א

Yeshiva Torah Vodaath welcomes its new Rosh Yeshiva, Harav Reb Yitzchok Lichtenstein. That's ben Reb Aron, חתן הגרי"ד סולובייצ'יק זצ"ל מבוסטון. You heard it correctly. "JB"'s eynikel is the Rosh Yeshiva at Torah Vodaas. I'm told he's a זייער חשוב'ר יונגערמאן. A big lamdan and a ירא שמים. Seems to be a trend among the young princes of the Soloveitchik clan; they're going back to being Charedi. We saw it with Reb Moshe Twersky hy"d, and I'm sure there are others. We hear that young Yitzchok went right wing already as a bochur. He published his zeide Reb Yoshe Ber's הגדה של פסח. He married into the Grozovsky family of Monsey, so he's at home in Torah Vodaath, I suppose. (Reb Reuven was RY at YTV, for those of you who may not know) And a קנאי to boot. What remains o be seen is can he bring back some of the glory of YTV? The cheder is booming, and even mesivta is doing quite well. But when it comes to Yeshiva Gedola/Beis Medrash the rooms are empty. Looks like it's not cool to say you learn at Torah Vodaath. Or maybe there are too many Harries there? Seems like they need a Gadol that's gonna sit on the Moetzes to run it. A man who's gonna make baaleibatim/gevirim feel proud to know him. A Rav Pam, I suppose. Not sure if that's what they got in RYL.

יהא בואו לברכה להרמת קרן (ה)תורה (ודעת) - אמן

Hirshel, what? nothing about Rav Belsky?!

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ישיבישע לעבן אמאל - available on Ebay

YTV, 1959. Seated: head of table, right, Rav Gedalia Schorr. Hertz Frankel second from right with mustache

The YTV library, 1959. Can you tell who the Chasidic young man is?

The Pressburg Yeshiva, 1930. Looks almost Litvish. Maybe that's why the descendants - save for a few - went to Litvishe Yeshivos?

A calendar for the Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Tomchei Tmimim, in Brunoy, outside Paris, France, 1960. Notice how they quote the Radomsker and Gerrer Rebbes in their calendar as having approved of the Yeshiva. They also offered after-school programs, as well as study-at-home lessons. The Rebbi teaching the class on the bottom left seems to be Reb Nochum Labkowski, o"h, father of the brothers Labkowski, Roshei Yeshiva in Crown Heights.

Telshe Yeshiva, 1935, Second from left is Aron Benzion Shurin, who later married the daughter of R' Moshe DovBer Rivkin

R. Rakeffet tackles the Malochim and Torah VoDaas

Rabbi Rakeffet: Throw Them Out!

Laced with the good Rabbi's inevitable mistakes, but nice to listen to, even if not completely accurate.

Yeshiva Torah Vodaas Graduation - 1949 (famous names here!)

Rabbi Moshe Wolfson and Rabbi Sholom Rivkin, to name a few. The Rav HaRoshi, HaRav Herzog spoke at the חג הסמיכה, as did Rav Gedalia Schorr, The Novominsker Rebbe, great-uncle of the current Rebbe, as well as Rav Moshe D Rivkin, Rav Ruven Grozovsky, Rav Yaakov Kamenecki and Rav Nissan Telushkin. Mind you, this is the Brooklyn Eagle, not the Yated, which shows us that showing the general world what we do in Yeshivos was important even back then. It isn't something new that some "מתחדשים" came up with. Letters from Pres. Truman (!) and then-Mayor O'Dwyer were read! They went all out.