With the proliferation of learning programs — such as Daf Yomi , Oraysa and Kinyan Hamasechta , to name a few — and the steadily increasing number of adult participants , a siyum on a masechta or even the entire Shas is an increasingly common occurrence .

Rav Dovid Morgenstern , menahel

R-L , Rav Dovid Weinberger , Rav Doniel Neustadt , and their mutual grandson , Eliyahu Meir Weinberger

Yet an event held at the Yeshiva in the autumn was a Torah celebration of a different sort : the haschala of Gemara , as the fifth grade talmidim made their first forays into the Yam Hatalmud .

The presence of fathers and grandfathers of talmidim enhanced the simcha , with several representative fathers and zaidehs inspiring the crowd as guest speakers . ( To allow all of the talmidim and their guests to celebrate comfortably , the occasion was divided into three consecutive shifts .)

Rav Mordechai Respler

Reb Chaim Wielgus

Reb Yossi Gleiberman

Rav Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg

Rav Binyomin Wielgus