Venue: YU Israel YU Israel

Machshava:

History 

Collections: Rabbi Rakeffet: History of Torah in Modern Times

Description

Russification was instituted to unite all the different ethnic groups in the Russian empire. The Rabbanim were afraid of what it might lead to. Volozhin was the government's first and main target. Why did the Netziv who was in favor of secular studies choose to close the yeshiva instead of introducing an hour of secular studies? The fallout of his decision.