To honor all the kedoshim who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of Medinat Yisrael, TABC's talmidim divided up Messechet Pesachim, with each talmid learning an amud in memory of one of the soldiers. The yeshiva joined in a global initiative of the LeKedoshim Project, an initiative of the residents of Yad Binyamin, a community in Israel, to complete all of Shas on Yom Hazikaron. Following the siyum made by Yaakov Wieder '18, the entire yeshiva stood in silence as the the siren blared for two minutes. Afterwards, a film of this year's Yom Hazikaron ceremony in Kfar Etzion was shown. Rav Moshe Taragin, Ra"m in Yeshivat Har Etzion (Gush) provided the religious context for the moving event. May Am Yisrael know no more loss on behalf of artzeinu hakedosha. For more photos, click here.

The yeshiva joined together for davening to express hallel v'hoda'a to Hakodesh Baruch Hu for Medinat Yisrael. Rabbi Adler framed the importance of Hallel by viewing the rise of the Medina as a form of Techiat Hameitim. The talmidim enjoyed blue and white donuts for breakfast and the shiurim focused on Eretz Yisrael topics in class.

• Rabbi Rich discussed a sicha from Rav Amital, reviewing the different possible ways to celebrate Yom Ha'Atzmaut, and what the takeaways are for us living outside of Eretz Yissrael. 
• Rabbi Fridman gave shiur on The Position of Ramban concerning the Mitzvah of yishuv Eretz Yisrael: A Dual Obligation- Chovat Ha-Yachid and Chovat Ha-Tzibbur. 
• Rabbi Jachter discussed the debate among Religious Zionists as to whether Medinat Yisrael constitutes reishit tzemichat geulateinu (the beginning fruition of our resemption). 
• Rabbi Raphi Mandelstam's shiurim either analyzed how halacha addresses some of the unique challenges the Israeli army faces such as; exchanging captured soldiers for prisoners and the Elor Azaria case, or explored the halachik basis to say Hallel on Yom Ha'atzmaut by comparing and contrasting it to Chanukah and Purim. 
• Rabbi Blau went through the Ramban on the parsha stressing the holiness of Eretz Yisrael and discussing the status of doing mitzvot in Eretz Yisrael versus chutz la'aretz. 
• Rabbi Nachbar conveyed Rav Aharon Lichtenstein's belief that religious Zionism is predicated on the need to create kedusha in the world.
• Rabbi Yoni Mandelstam discussed the mitzvah to live in Israel, and appreciating both the religious and secular aspects of Israeli society.

The celebrations culminated in a barbecue, as the students played kadur regel (soccer) and kadur aff (volleyball) on the closed off Amsterdam Avenue. Ze hayom asa Hashem nagila v'nismicha bo. For more photos, click here.

 

Our kollel of alumni, who return each Friday to learn with our current talmidim, had the privilege of hearing a shiur from Rav Daniel Feldman. Rav Feldman is a maggid shiur in Yeshiva University and the Rav of Congregation Ohr Saadya. He discussed the concept of a gezeirah that is D'orayta.