Should a Yeshiva permit its best student to go elsewhere?

From the Chinuch Round Table

I am employed as a Rebbi in a small, fledgling Yeshiva. Many of the bochurim have done well but one bochur in particular has had a great aliyah and now wishes to move on to larger, more mainstream mossad and has asked me to advise him. I understand where he is coming from, but on the other hand, how can we build up our Yeshiva if we send away our best products?

RABBI FINK:  How fortunate you are to have such a dilemma and to witness the aliya of your talmid with your own eyes. Of course you know the answer. A rebbi always puts his Talmid’s needs first. In fact, a real talmid, no matter where he learns remains just that, a talmid.  If you feel his move will enable his continued shtieging let him go and watch him grow. His gadlus in Torah will be yours to enjoy and reap the ultimate schar from. Hatzlacha rabba, Cheilcha l’oraisa.