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 | | They debated the role of secular studies in Yeshiva, with Dr. Lee espousing the importance of secular studies and Rav Kahn arguing that Torah, and Torah alone, should be the primary focus of the students. |
 | | As an introduction to this essay, I quoted a passage from a speech of R. Bernard Revel, the first president of Yeshiva, in which he implied that the purpose of the college in Yeshiva was to allow the students learning Torah an opportunity to gain a secular education. |
 | | Indeed, one of the great strengths of Yeshiva has always been that as a small college our students were intimately exposed to the warmth, caring, and valuable counsel of their teachers, rebbeim and administrators. |
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