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Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Slabodka)
Former yeshiva in Vilijampolė, Lithuania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Slabodka yeshiva that functioned in Lithuania until World War II. For other yeshivas connected with Slabodka, see Slabodka yeshiva.
54.910623°N 23.886702°E / 54.910623; 23.886702
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Quick Facts Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael הישיבה הקדושה כנסת ישראל בסלבודקה-קובנה, Location ...
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Lithuania | |
Coordinates | 54.910623°N 23.886702°E / 54.910623; 23.886702 |
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Other name | Slabodka Yeshiva |
Type | Mussar |
Religious affiliation(s) | Orthodox Judaism |
Established | 1882 |
Founder | Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel |
Closed | c. 1941 |
Dean | Rabbi Moshe M. Epstein Rabbi Yitzcak Isaac Sher |
Staff | Rabbi Dov Tzvi Heller Rabbi Avraham Grodzinski |
Enrollment | 350 (1920s) |
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Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael was a yeshiva located in the town of Sloboda Vilyampolskaya in the Kovno Governorate of Russian Empire (now Vilijampolė in Kaunas, Lithuania). It functioned from the late 19th century until World War II.