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Novardok Yeshiva נאוואהרדאקער ישיבה

The mussar yeshiva of the Alter of Novardok, first of hundreds of Novardok yeshivos

The Novardok Yeshiva was founded in 1896 in Novardok by Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horowitz, the Alter of Novardok. It became a major force in the Mussar movement and the first of hundreds of Novardok yeshivas.

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The Alter of Novardok
Hundreds of yeshivos
The Novardok way

The Alter of Novardok

In 1896 a yeshiva was established in Novardok (Novogrudok) under the direction of Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horowitz, known as "the Alter of Novardok" ^[1]. He brought into it a strong, fiery mussar: working on oneself, not fearing what the world says, and doing everything for the sake of Heaven ^[1].

Hundreds of yeshivos

Novardok did not stay one yeshiva. It was the first of hundreds of mussar yeshivas, all called Novardok yeshivas, ^[1]. In Poland all Novardok yeshivas carried the name "Beis Yosef", in honour of the Alter, and the Bialystok yeshiva alone supervised thirty others ^[1].

The Novardok way

A Novardok bochur was known for the "birzhe", talking mussar together and strengthening one another, and for exercises to break pride. A Chasid would say: "Novardok? It's like a tish, just without the kugel."