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Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century - Creating a Tradition of Learning (Paperback)
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Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century - Creating a Tradition of Learning (Paperback)
Series: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
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One of the key ways in which the traditional Jewish world of
eastern Europe responded to the challenges of modernity in the
nineteenth century was to change the system for educating young men
so as to reinforce time-honoured, conservative values. The yeshivas
established at that time in Lithuania became models for an
educational system that has persisted to this day, transmitting the
talmudic underpinnings of the traditional Jewish way of life. To
understand how that system works, one needs to go back to the
institutions they are patterned on: why they were established, how
they were organized, and how they operated. This is the first
properly documented, systematic study of the Lithuanian yeshiva as
it existed from 1802 to 1914. It is based on the judicious use of
contemporary sources-documents, articles in the press, and
memoirs-with a view to presenting the yeshiva in its social and
cultural context. Three key institutions are considered. Pride of
place in the first part of the book is given to the yeshiva of
Volozhin, which was founded in 1802 according to an entirely new
concept-total independence from the local community-and was in that
sense the model for everything that followed. Chapters in the
second part focus on the yeshiva of Slobodka, famed for introducing
the study of musar (ethics); the yeshiva of Telz, with its
structural and organizational innovations; and the kollel system,
introduced so that married men could continue their yeshiva
education. Topics covered include the leadership and changes in
leadership; management and administration; the yeshiva as a place
of study; and daily life. This English edition is based on the
second Hebrew edition, which was revised to include information
that became available with the opening of archives in eastern
Europe after the fall of communism.
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