Lithuanian yeshivas of the nineteenth century : creating a tradition of learning / Shaul Stampfer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stampfer, Shaul, author.

Series:

Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)

Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Series

Standardized Title:

Yeshivah ha-Liṭaʼit be-hithaṿutah. English

הישיבה הליטאית בהתהוותה. אנגלית

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews--Lithuania--History.

Jews.

Lithuania.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 416 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool, England : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2014.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Origins and early years of the Volozhin Yeshiva

The Volozhin Yeshiva in the second generation

Study at Volozhin in the time of R. Naftali Berlin

The organization and operation of the yeshiva

The student body

Life at the Volozhin Yeshiva

The last years of the Volozhin Yeshiva

The closure of the Volozhin Yeshiva

The Slobodka yeshiva

The Telz Yeshiva

The Kolel perushim of Kovno and the institution of the kolel.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2020).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-397) and index.

Description based on print version record.

תרגום של: הישיבה הליטאית בהתהוותה.

ISBN:

9781800341128

1800341121

9781789627879

1789627877

OCLC:

1137543444