Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Slabodka) – The Period From Post World War I to World War II in Slabodka Itself and It's Move to Chevron (Hebron) and Bnei Brak

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Collections: R' Rakeffet Jewish History Fall 2025

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Jewish German soldiers in WW I. R' Sholom Gold asks the Brisker Rav a halakhic question. How R' Lessin & the Rav related to each other. Post WW I: Yeshivot more fully realized Torah was critical for Jewish survival. R' Avigdor Miller. R' Yitzchak Isaac Sher appointed head of Slabodka Kollel & then Rosh Yeshiva. His fundraising in the US. His fundraising technique: Be only positive. R' Shmuel Belkin moves to the US. The Slabodka Yeshiva (SY) schmooze Thursday nights in NY. Louis Sohn's delicatessen LE-Side. The father's 2nd cup of water. 1947 R' Sher & R' Mordechai Shulman start SY branch in Bnei Brak. Current interaction of Belz & Ger. The Alter moved to Hebron. R' Avraham Grodzinski stayed behind in Slaboka as mashgiach - murdered in 1944. Reasons for move of SY to Chevron. Balfour Declaration. Draft of students. R' Yitzchok Rubinstein, Chief Rabbi of Vilna. Reading NY Times in Lakewood. The Alter with SY in Hebron. His son's death. R' Moshe Mordechai Epstein in Chevron. The massacre. The 2 Yeshiva College victims. 1930s – SY is doing well. Their dining room. Lakewood dining room and its unique cook. SY ended by communists then Germans. A few R' Aharon Lichtenstein stories.

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