<HTML>Dear Shalom,
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper earlier posted the idea that we need to work to make
sure that Modern Orthodox students are intellectually competitive. I
assume that he means intellectually competitive with Chareidi students. A
number of the advanced students at the Torah Academy have voiced this as a
serious concern of theirs. A means to partially remedy this situation is
to facilitate advanced students to master Shas mishnayot with Kehati. I
believe that this gap is a major reason why many Modern Orthodox students
opt to eventually lead Chareidi or semi Chareidi lives. Much of Israel's
religious Zionist community has succeeded in closing this gap and I
believe we can do so in North America with motivated students. Failure to
do so will lead to further disintegration of the North American Modern
Orthodoxy.
Rabbi Howard Jachter
Torah Academy of Bergen County
Beth Din of Elizabeth</HTML>
