Yeshivas Etz Ḥayyim (Hebrew: ישיבת עץ חיים), commonly called the Volozhin Yeshiva (Yiddish: וואלאזשינער ישיבה, romanized: Volozhiner Yeshiva), was a prestigious Lithuanian yeshiva located in the town of Volozhin, Russian Empire (now Valozhyn, Belarus). It was founded around 1803 by Rabbi Ḥayyim Volozhiner, a student of the famed Vilna Gaon,[1] and trained several generations of scholars, rabbis, and leaders. It is considered the first modern yeshiva, and served as a model for later Misnagedic educational institutions.[3]
The institution reached its zenith under the leadership of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, who became rosh yeshiva in 1854.[3] In 1892, demands of the Russian authorities to increase secular studies forced the yeshiva to close. It re-opened on a smaller scale in 1899 and functioned until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. During the War German soldiers used the building as a stable, and it was subsequently converted into a canteen and deli.[2] The site was returned to the Jewish community of Belarus in 1989.[2] It is considered a cultural and architectural landmark,[2] and in 1998, the Volozhin Yeshiva was registered on the State List of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Republic of Belarus.[4]
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Yeshivas Etz Ḥayyim (Hebrew: ישיבת עץ חיים), commonly called the VolozhinYeshiva (Yiddish: וואלאזשינער ישיבה, romanized: Volozhiner Yeshiva), was a prestigious...
of the Vilna Gaon that Chaim founded the Volozhinyeshiva, then called Yeshivat Etz Chaim, in 1795, a yeshiva that remained in operation for almost 100...
teacher, Volozhin gathered interested students and started a yeshiva in the town of Valozhyn, located in modern-day Belarus. The Volozhinyeshiva was closed...
known by the acronym Netziv, was an Orthodox rabbi, Rosh yeshiva (dean) of the VolozhinYeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania...
Voivodeship during Second Polish Republic period. The Yeshiva "Etz Haim", known as the "VolozhinYeshiva", was established in 1807, by Rabbi Chaim Volozyn...
such as Simcha Rappaport and Chaim of Volozhin, famed Talmudist and founder of the Volozhinyeshiva. Chaim of Volozhin was a student of the Vilna Gaon. The...
age of twelve he went to study in the Mir Yeshiva for two years. He then traveled to the Volozhinyeshiva where he studied under Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin...
Mileikowsky was sent to the Volozhinyeshiva, where he spent eight years and was ordained. Already while Mileikowsky attended yeshiva he began to make speeches...
Soloveitchik was born in Volozhin on March 25, 1853, where his father, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik was a lecturer in the Volozhiner Yeshiva. The family moving...
study. Soon after, Epstein left for the famed Volozhinyeshiva, where he studied for two years. In Volozhin, he met and started a lifelong friendship with...
Chaim of Volozhin began a sort of national-level yeshiva. In 1803, he founded the VolozhinYeshiva and began to attract large number of students from...
yeshiva dean of Mir Yeshiva Naftoli Trop, yeshiva dean of Radin Yeshiva Chaim Volozhin, yeshiva dean of VolozhinYeshiva Yitzchak Volozhin, yeshiva dean...
Refael Shapiro (1837–1921) was the famed Rosh Yeshiva of the Volozhinyeshiva located in the town of Volozhin, Russia, (now Valozhyn, Belarus), and a son-in-law...
young extraterrestrial yeshiva student. The American Jewish writer and publisher, Richard Horowitz, wrote a memoir, The Boys Yeshiva, describing his time...
Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה, pl. Hebrew: ראשי ישיבה, roshei yeshiva, rashe yeshiva; Anglicized pl. rosh yeshivas) is the title given to the dean of...
Zlata Perl.: p.56 He entered the VolozhinYeshiva in 1884 at the age of 18, where he became close to the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin...
Bakst, had been affectionately referred to during his days in the Volozhinyeshiva as "the Bakst Genius". Moshe Mordechai's genius was detected from a...
until the 16th century. The first known rabbinical authority and head of a yeshiva was Isaac Bezaleel of Vladimir, Volhynia, who was already an old man when...
Epstein was a bookkeeper by profession, he had been a student at the VolozhinYeshiva under his uncle Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (who became his brother-in-law...
rosh yeshiva in the Volozhinyeshiva. Soloveitchik moved with his family the Jewish community of Brisk after the czarist government closed the Volozhin yeshiva...
At the age of 15, he convinced his grandfather to send him to the VolozhinYeshiva in Lithuania to study under Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, where...
(1816–1893), (Netziv; Ha'emek Davar) rosh yeshiva of the VolozhinYeshiva, son-in-law of Yitzhak of Volozhin Yehuda Bibas (1789–1852), Sephardic rabbi...
these efforts, pioneered by Chaim of Volozhin and continued by his disciples, were the modern, independent yeshiva and the Musar movement. Since the late...
5702, 27 November 1941 Tel Aviv) was a Rabbi, Hassid and student of VolozhinYeshiva affiliated with the Mizrahi Movement. He was a unique rabbinical character...
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