Hebron Yeshiva , also known as Yeshivas Hevron , or Knesses Yisroel , is a yeshiva (school for Talmudic study). It originated in 1924 when the roshei yeshiva (deans) and 150 students of the Slabodka Yeshiva , known colloquially as the "mother of yeshivas", relocated to Hebron .
5-672: (Redirected from Slabodka Yeshiva ) Slabodka yeshiva may refer to: Hebron Yeshiva , a branch of the Slabodka Yeshiva in Hebron, relocated afterward to Jerusalem Slabodka yeshiva (Bnei Brak) , a branch of the Slabodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Slabodka) , the original Slabodka yeshiva, located in Slabodka (Vilijampolė), Lithuania Topics referred to by
10-623: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hebron Yeshiva A 1924 edict requiring enlistment in the military or supplementary secular studies in the yeshiva led a large number of students in the Slabodka yeshiva to relocate to the Land of Israel , at that time Palestine under the British mandate . Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel , also known as "Der Alter fun Slabodka" ( The Elder of Slabodka ), sent Rabbi Avraham Grodzinski to head this group and establish
15-549: The Holocaust . A branch was also established in Bnei Brak . Twenty-four students were murdered in the 1929 Hebron massacre , and the yeshiva was re-established in the Geula neighbourhood of Jerusalem. Eight of the victims were American citizens who had come to study in the yeshiva from American yeshivas such as Hebrew Theological College , Torah Vodaath and RIETS. On the day of
20-429: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Slabodka yeshiva . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slabodka_yeshiva&oldid=1096395826 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-538: The yeshiva in Hebron. Upon Grodzinski's return to Slabodka, the Alter transferred the mashgiach ruchani responsibilities to him, and the rosh yeshiva duties to Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac Sher , and he moved to Hebron to lead the yeshiva there together with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein . Hebron was chosen over Jerusalem to avoid the influence of the conservative Old Yishuv . The Slabodka yeshiva in Europe ceased operation during
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