A few dozen yeshiva bochurim impress
rabbis and others with their memorization
of a section of.Tal(nud.

JULIE EDGAR SENIOR WRITER

BILL HANSEN PHOTOGRAPHER

hey came, they recited,

they awed.
Eleven yeshiva stu-
dents between the ages of
14 and 15 and another 16
of their younger counter-
parts wowed an audience
of rabbis, observant laypeople
and thrilled parents with their
memorization of the Talmud's
Mesechta Bobo Metzia.
The scene was Congregation
Dovid Ben Nuchim in Oak
Park, where the students gath-
ered late last month to under-
go a test of their knowledge.

The annual event commemo-
rates the yahrzeit of Rabbi
Menachem Schneerson.
The older students memo-
rized the 240-page tractate in
its entirety — and did not flinch
as questions were fired at them
from the audience. The younger
students, ages 13 and 14, mem-
orized half of the tractate,
which deals with finding,_ and
borrowing. -
The students came from
yeshivot from all over the coun-
try and Canada.111

Students prepare to be tested on their knowledge of Talmud.

Rabbi Yehuda
Schapiro of Miami
Beach looks pleased
with the responses.