Vilna and Zhitomir Rabbinical Schools as Alternatives to Volozhin Yeshiva. Spread and Influence of Enlightenment. Russification. R' Yitzhak Volozhiner. R' Yisrael Salanter. R' Eliezer Fried. Netziv. R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine. R' Revel. - Feb 19, 2024 - R' Yitzchak Sladowsky. TorahApp from R' Gil Student. The Rav's driveway. Negel vasser and the Gra. More difficult to solve halakhic problems of Shabbat within Police vs. Army. Mercaz HaRav Yeshivah vs. Yeshivat Har Hamor. Napoleon's Sanhedrin: The 12 questions. Moses Mendelssohn by Altmann. Eastward spread of enlightenment in Europe. R' Jacob Joseph's handkerchief. Pressure from the Czar for Russification affects the yeshivot. Zhitomir and Vilna Rabbinic Schools vs. Volozhin. R' Yisrael Salanter (Lipkin) and the Vilna Rabbinical School. Stories about him and his descendants. R' Yitzhak Volozhiner (Ickovits): His role as Rosh Yeshiva. His קמעות/amulets. Importance of the Volozhin pushkas. R' Eliezer Fried becomes Rosh Yeshiva. Methods to prevent closing of Volozhin. The range of students in Volozhin. Netziv (R' Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin) assists R' Yitzhak and then succeeds him. Ph.D. Thesis on Netziv or on R' Revel? The nature of Netziv and his abilities. R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine challenges Netziv. He wants to change Volozhin with unprecedented ideas how it should function. R' Revel and the creation of the Teachers Institute.
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