Telsche Yeshiva
| Yeshiva from Telschen | |
|---|---|
| founding | Year 1875 |
| place | Telschen (until 1940 m.) Wickliffe, Ohio (only 1941 m.) |
| Students | 162 (year 1919) 440 (year 1936) |
The Telsche Yeshiva ( English Telshe yeshiva, Rabbinical College of Telshe, Telz Yeshiva , Yiddish טעלזער ישיבֿה) was one of the most famous yeshivot (Jewish universities) in Eastern Europe , which was founded in Telschen ( Lithuania ) in 1875 and existed until 1940. In 1941, the yeshiva of the same name was opened in Wickliffe (Ohio) in the USA and is still one of the best-known institutions for teaching in Charedi Judaism , where the Torah is studied.
history
The rabbinical seminary was founded in 1875 or in 1880 (the dates are given differently in the sources) by Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim, Meir Atlas, Shlomo Zalman Abel and a German Jew, Ovadyah Laumann from Berlin, who made a financial contribution. The school establishment experienced its heyday when Rabbi Elizier Gordon became its director in the years 1884–1885. Gordon headed the yeshiva and was Telschen's oldest rabbi until his death in 1910. The educational concept of the institution developed by Rabbis Elizier Gordon and Shimon Shkop “in the so-called Telschen way” became the basic concept of several yeshivas with an ultra-Orthodox profile in the USA. Simcha Ziese Ziv also taught in the Telschen yeshiva.
The so-called “Rabbinical Seminary” yeshiva became famous all over the world for its high level of instruction and thanks to the well-known teaching rabbis. To study Torah and Talmud, students came to Telschen from all over the world: from North America, from South Africa and from various European countries. In 1919 162 students studied in the yeshiva, in 1936 the number of students reached 440.
One of the most famous leaders of the yeshiva was Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch, who led the yeshiva from 1910 until his death in 1930. Another well-known rabbi was Chaim Rabinowitz, who led the yeshiva for only one year until his death in 1931. After his death, his son Azriel Rabinowitz took over the management, who led it until the yeshiva was closed in 1940.
In 1927 and 1933 the yeshiva was renewed and new buildings were built (administrative and living quarters for the school). In 1940 500 listeners attended the yeshiva. Telschen's yeshiva looked after small schools across Lithuania. Some of the students were provided with living space and food by parishioners. The other part of the students had rented accommodation from local Jews.
The yeshiva existed until 1940. When Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union , the yeshiva was liquidated and its premises were nationalized. The students of the yeshiva spread across Lithuania and all over the world. Only about 100 students remained in the city who continued to study privately in small groups. By the time the National Socialists occupied Lithuania , some of the yeshiva students had managed to emigrate to the USA, while some of the students, under the direction of Chaim Stein, left Lithuania in October 1940 and took a train to Japan, whose visa they thanks Chiune Sugihara . The students traveled from Japan to Australia and from there to the USA in early 1941.
Before the start of the Second World War , two yeshiva teachers, Eliah Meir Bloch and Chaim Mordechai Katz, traveled to the USA to collect donations for the yeshiva, during which time the news of the outbreak of war reached them. When the yeshiva in Telschen was liquidated, they founded a new yeshiva in the United States on November 10, 1941 near Cleveland ( Ohio ) and named it Telsche yeshiva. The educational concept developed in Telschen is still used in this yeshiva today. In 1960, Chaim Mordechai Katz opened a branch in Chicago , which was also named Telsche Yeshiva.
List of known former students
- Joselis Kaganeumanas
- Elchononas Vasermanas
- Tzvi Pesachas Frankas
- Ezekielis Abramskis
- Ezriel Carlebach
- Naftoli Carlebach
- Nachum Zev Dessler
- Chaim Dov cellar
- Zev Leff
- Moshe Leib Rabinovich
- Chaim Yitzchak Bloch Hacohen
- Mordechai Pogramansky
- Morris Ginsberg
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Telzh (Telsiai). Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
- ^ Community Magazine. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .