In anticipation to their entry to yeshiva gedolah, thousands of neophyte students gathered from all over the country this past Thursday to the annual Preparatory Session which was sponsored this year by Dirshu and headed by Torah leaders to hear messages of guidance from the various Roshei Yeshiva and Mashgichim before their initiation into their new study-homes.

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OPINION Torah Judaism Embraces Both Faith and Reason by Mordecai Plaut In Judaism faith and reason are partners. In Christianity they are opponents. Ignorance of - or failure to fully appreciate - this truth, has led to very upsetting analogies.

Opinion "And He Saw Repose That It Was Good" by B. Re'em With the onset of Bein Hazmanim, is there any justification for yeridah letzorech aliyah, a slackening for the sake of future resurgence? Is Bein Hazmanim one of the regular `sessions' of a yeshiva? How would Elul look if it were not preceded by Bein Hazmanim? How does one leave the yeshiva for Bein Hazmanim? What did previous generations do in this interim? Our Gedolei Yisroel discuss the phenomenon of Bein Hazmanim past and present.

Opinion The Quest for the Temple Vessels by Aryeh Gefen The disappearance of the Temple vessels since the churban, the search for them and the secrecy and mystery surrounding their absence have struck the imagination of people around the world. After centuries of searching, many despaired of finding them and tried to produce forgeries or claimed seeing them in secret basements and museums, but even today some people continue the quest.