Once again, Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MTA) is showing its Gemara prowess in the Bronka Weintraub Bekius Program. The YU-sponsored program, which is run by yeshiva high schools across the continent, involves a competition among hundreds of students in fast-paced study aimed at mastering significant amounts of Gemara.

As per YUNews, “Students take five exams a year, for which they are given cash prizes, based on their performance. A grand prize of $5,000 is awarded to the student from each division with the highest scores.”

After the second round of exams, MTA is performing incredibly. In the Amud competition, Yehuda Snow ‘19 is currently in first place with a score of 97.5 (second place is at 92.5) and MTA owns seven of the top 10 spots, occupied by students Shlomo Fink ‘19, David Tanner ‘18, Ephraim Meiri ‘18, Noam Mayerfeld ‘19, Ephraim Crytal ‘19 and Mordechai Flemenbaum ‘19.

In the Daf competition, there are currently four perfect scores and three of them are from MTA students. Yair Caplan ‘17, Yehuda Goldberg ‘17 and Yitzy Weiss ‘17 all have perfect scores of 100. Shalom Stieglitz ‘16 and Max Landsberg ‘16 are close behind, rounding out MTA’s ownership of five of the top 10 spots.