Volozhin Yeshiva: The Role of Secular Education in Causing the Closing of the Yeshiva. R' Chaim Berlin's Letter. The Attitude Toward Secular Education in Volozhin. Rav Soloveitchik's Admiration of YU, It's Teachers, and It's Students. - Sep 23, 2024 - R' Chaim Brisker meets Rambam. R' Shach meets R' Amital. What R' Aharon Lichtenstein learned from Harvard. Comments on the journal Ḥakirah, on those who make it happen. Ḥakirah Fall 2023, p. 98: R' Chaim Berlin's letter states Netziv closed Volozhin to prevent introduction of secular studies. 3 reasons Volozhin closed: Secular studies, R' Chaim vs. R' Chaim dispute, internal violence there seen by the Secret Police as breading revolutionaries. Netziv opposed Austritt. Do not divide the community, educate instead. Netziv saw secular studies were coming. R' Manny Holzer, Irwin Shapiro & the Rav's tapes. The Rav, Vol. 2, p.225: The Rav's support of YU: YU had within it both Torah & secular studies. Congregation Morya: Pressure on the Rav to Americanize. Need to combine fear of God + universal concepts. R' Hirsch. Prof. Mittwoch in slippers. Mishneh Berura on the subway. Characteristics of German Orthodoxy: Frum, lack of Torah knowledge, external deportment, & an aura of dignity. R' Yosef Weiss: If you go to college, study seriously. The Rav felt shiurim at RIETS were on the level of Volozhin and his students were on the highest level both in the world of Torah & of secular studies.
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