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Slabodka Yeshiva
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'''Slabodka yeshiva''' (''Knesset Yisrael''), was known colloquially as the "mother of
yeshivas" (rabbinical seminaries) devoted to highly level study of
Judaism's
Talmud. The yeshiva was located in the
Lithuanian town of Slabodka, adjacent to
Kaunas Kovno (Kaunas) (now
Vilijampole, a part of Kaunas). It functioned from the late
19th century until
World War II and was named after its location.
It was headed by Rabbi
Nosson Tzvi Finkel, also known as ''Der Alter'' ("The Elder") of Slabodka. Its
Rosh yeshiva was Rabbi
Moshe Mordechai Epstein. Among the graduates of the Slabodka yeshiva were Rabbis
Aharon Kotler,
Yitzchok Ruderman,
Dovid Leibowitz,
Yitzchok Hutner,
Avigdor Miller,
Yechezkel Sarna and
Saul Lieberman.
Professor
Harry Austryn Wolfson of
Harvard University also attended the Slabodka Yeshiva.
The Slabodka yeshiva ceased operation during
the Holocaust. Prior to the outbreak of war, a large number of its students had relocated to
Hebron under Rabbi Finkel's leadership, and the yeshiva was then headed by Rabbi
Yitzchok Isaac Sher.
See also
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Kovno Kollel
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Category:Orthodox yeshivas
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Slabodka yeshiva
