Yeshiva System Flashcards
where were young jewish boys educated in the middle ages
local room חדר
how would the local חדר work
one rabbi - taught everyone
boys were divided into groups based on age
and most ended their education ay 11 or 12
what if a boy was talented and had financial stable parents
he would learn with the rabbi of the town
what if the boy was REALLY good
would be sent off to learn w/ a greater rabbi in a diff town and he would continue from Rabbbi to Rabbi building his Torah knowledge and become a rabbi himself by 19 or 20
what was the advantage of this system
how
no tuition
most boys were raking care of themselves when traveling place to place
what did rav chaim volozhin send in 1803
a letter to Jewish communities of Lithuania, Bellarus asking for financial support
what did rav chaim understand about haskilim and reform
what did he view his yeshiva as
1) will attract young jews
2) an alternative attraction
First Goal of his Yeshiva (what should there be)
Rav Chaim of Volozhin
a central location for young men to study torah w/ and cirriculum
Second goal of his yeshiva (what would the yeshiva be)
(what did he feel)
Rav Chaim Volozhin
Elitist - really bright, smart guys
that competition amongst the elite would produce great ppl
third goal of his yeshiva (where did he feel torah was best learnt - what did this do)
Chaim of Bolozhin
in a large group in 1 room w/ a lot of noice which raised the level of learning
Fourth Goal of his yeshiva (how shoud torah be learned - where is the greatest joy found)
BSIMICHA
IN TORAH KNOWLEDGE
who was the head od the Yeshiva
what did say- how many times a week to who
1) Rav Chaim Volozhin
2) lectures 2x a week to entire student body
who understood his lectures
Rav Chaim Volozhin
handful understood full
but everyone at least understoof something
what was the yeshiva known for
Rav Chaim of Volozhin shul
devotion
how long did a studnet learn for
(max)
how lpng did they sleep
1) 18 hrs
max - 36 hrs straight
3) 8 - 10 hrs
what was the cirriculm of the yeshiva
entire talmud
how long was rav chaim rosh yeshiva
who took over - what was he
1) 1825
2) his son, R’Yitzhack of Volozhin - defenders of teh jewish pll to the russian govt
who were the two rosh yeshivas in the 1850s
1) R’Naftali Tzvi Yehuda of Berlin (The Netzin)
2) R’ Yosef Dov Solveitchik “The Bet Halev”
after a period of time what became clear
what had they come to - results
that this partnership was not good 4 the yeshiva
panel w/ 4 great rabbis - that the Nitziv should be rosh yeshiva - Beit Ha Levy accepted this decision
where di The Bet Halevy go
rabbi in brisk
Name of Beit Levy son?
who did he marry?
became what>
1) R’ Chaim Solvachick
2) Granddaughter of the Netzivk
3) assistant rosh yeshivah
at the height of the yeshiva how many students were there - out of how many were legal
how was this allowed
450
250
Govt was bribed
what did the russian govt and the maskilim tried to force the yeshiva to do
teach secular studies
what was happening for abt 10 yrs
Yeshiva system
secular studies were held in a seperate location - taught to a few studnets
why was secular studies taught in a sperate room
to calm govt
1892: at the investigation of who?
what was given to the yeshiva (go into detail)?
what did teh natziv do
1) Maskilim
2) Ultimatum - either teach secular subjects to everyone or close teh yeshiva
3) closed down yeshiva rather than give into russian govt
as a result of the big yeshiva clsoing downn - what heppend
7 smaller yeshivas opened up w. the former students of volozhin
why did the netzic die
within a year of this - prob broken heart
in the city of pressburg, austria hungary what was there? founded by who
yeshiva
Chasam sofer
how did emporer franz-joseph treat the jews
very good
what class were the jews
middle
why was emporer franz-joseph sympathtic towards the jews
he was catholic
viewed reform as protestant
what was the chasam sofer a leader in
what did he start
the struggle against reform in austria-hungary and started his yeshiva in 1807
what kind of yeshiva did the chasam sofer have
what was his goal
1) not as elitist
2) produe greater rabbis and be knowledge
many communitie sgraduated form where
as who
what did this provide
pressburg yeshiva as rabbis
a great defense in austria against refrom
