This was the Rabbi Trenk doctrine: I’m not telling you what to do. The first part isn’t important. How we got here doesn’t make a difference. Why agonize about what was? The main thing is to move forward
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he moderator cleared his throat and moved on with his list. The roshei yeshivah seated at the dais listened intently to the question about expelling a troublesome young man from a yeshivah high school.
It seemed intriguing enough. The roshei yeshivah on the panel sat silently, formulating their answers as the audience at the Torah Umesorah convention session leaned in to hear.
The stillness of the moment was interrupted by a roar.
“A Yiddishe neshamah! A Yiddishe neshamah! A Yiddishe neshamah!”
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