Over winter break, both Rabbi Taubes and Rabbi Shulman traveled to the various yeshivot in Israel to visit alumni currently studying there. While in Israel, they delivered shiurim and words of chizuk to the Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MTA) graduates, and others. “It was wonderful seeing how well our boys are doing. It brought me great nachas that in yeshiva after yeshiva, the rebbeim commented to me on how well prepared our alumni are for advanced Torah study,” said Rabbi Shulman. Indeed, Rabbi Taubes likes to refer to this trip as his yearly “nachas trip.” On Motzaei Shabbos, January 23, MTA hosted a special melave malka at the OU Center in Yerushalayim, where the shana aleph and the shana bet students from MTA had the opportunity to reconnect—enjoying good food, divrei Torah and “Lions for Life” spirit.