smart and practical in the Mir

Behadrei Haredim is reporting on an initiative by the Mir Yeshiva to encourage more of its Israeli students to join the yeshiva's minyan for shacharis. 

It seems the Israeli students dont like the slow pace of the davening, so they prefer to daven elsewhere.

In an effort to bring the Israeli boys back, the yeshiva has set up several incentives.

One of those initiatives is a ten minute learning group after davening to study Mishna Brura, only for Israeli students and conditional upon being present for the yeshiva's minyan. This learning group will including testing and stipends for participants. Additionally, participants will get breakfast served.

Nice incentive.

The more interesting initiative is that from now on, for the foreseeable future, as long as there is no "chiyuv" present, only Israeli students can lead the morning services. This initiative has sped the pace of the davening up and cut it down by ten minutes. It seems the American, or foreign, students previously leading the services were too slow for the Israelis and this is meant to entice them back.

Good move. The Rosh Hayeshiva must be a smart guy to realize that, and practical to also not stick to his guns and say they have to put up with our pace, slow as it may be.

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