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Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman
Le rabbin Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman zt"l de Bnei Brak était considéré comme le Gadol HaDor après le décès du Rav Elyashiv.
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Yeshivos
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Beth Medrash Govoha (Lakewood Yeshiva)
The great yeshiva of Lakewood founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotler, the second-largest yeshiva in the world.
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Yeshiva Torah Vodaas
One of America's oldest yeshivas, today in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
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Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn)
The Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn, continuing the famed yeshiva of Mir in Europe.
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Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin
A Litvish yeshiva in Brooklyn with every division from preschool to kollel.
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Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem)
The largest yeshiva in the world, in Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem, with over 9,000 students.
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Ponevezh Yeshiva
The famed Litvish yeshiva of Bnei Brak, founded in Lithuania in 1919 and in Bnei Brak since 1944.
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Hebron Yeshiva (Knesses Yisroel)
The yeshiva that moved from Slabodka to Hebron in 1924, today in Jerusalem.
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Bein Hazmanim
The yeshiva vacation between semesters (zmanim).
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Lakewood, New Jersey
The fast-growing New Jersey township that became a world center of yeshivos.
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Gateshead
The northern English town famous for Gateshead Yeshiva, founded 1929.
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Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin
Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin (1749–1821) was the foremost student of the Vilna Gaon and founder of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Volozhin,…
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The Alter of Slabodka (Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel)
Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (1849–1927), the Alter of Slabodka, founded the Slabodka yeshiva Knesses Yisroel and raised a whole…
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Rabbi Aharon Kotler
Rabbi Aharon Kotler (1892–1962) was rosh yeshiva of Kletzk in Europe, and after reaching America he founded Beth Medrash Govoha…
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The Bochur's Guide to Bein Hazmanim
Bein hazmanim is when a bochur tackles the hardest sugya of all: what do you do with so much free time?
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The Yeshiva Cholent Ranking: Thursday-Night Mishmar, Graded
Every bochur knows: Thursday night you learn late, and the reward is a pot of cholent. We handed out grades.
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Telz Yeshiva
Telz Yeshiva was founded in 1875 in the town of Telz, Lithuania. In 1941 it was re-established in Cleveland, Ohio, and today it…
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The Brisk Yeshivos
The Brisk yeshivos in Yerushalayim go back to Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav, who re-established the Brisk…
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Slabodka Yeshiva (Knesses Yisroel)
The Slabodka Yeshiva, "Knesses Yisroel", was founded in 1882 by Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka. In 1924 a large…
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Volozhin Yeshiva (Etz Chaim)
The Volozhin Yeshiva, "Etz Chaim", was founded around 1803 by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, a student of the Vilna Gaon. It flourished…
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Ner Yisroel (Baltimore)
Ner Yisroel was founded in 1933 in Baltimore by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, a disciple of the Alter of Slabodka. Today it…
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Radin Yeshiva (Chofetz Chaim)
The Radin Yeshiva was founded in 1869 by Rabbi Yisroel Meir HaKohen, the Chofetz Chaim, in the town of Radin. Because of its…
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Novardok Yeshiva
The Novardok Yeshiva was founded in 1896 in Novardok by Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horowitz, the Alter of Novardok. It became a major…
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Kelm Talmud Torah
The Kelm Talmud Torah was founded in the 1860s by Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv, the Alter of Kelm, to strengthen the study of mussar…
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The Mussar Movement
The Mussar movement arose in 19th-century Lithuania, founded by Rabbi Yisroel Salanter. It brought into the yeshivas a daily…
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The Litvish Shiur (Brisker Derech)
The Litvish shiur, especially in the Brisker derech of Rabbi Chaim Brisker, breaks a sugya into clear concepts ("two dinim",…
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Mishmar (Thursday Night Learning)
Mishmar is the old yeshiva custom of learning late into Thursday night, and in many yeshivos it comes with hot cholent, kugel and…
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The Shidduch "List"
In the Litvish world, when a bochur starts shidduchim, a "resume" is prepared: one page with his yeshivos, his family and his…
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Chavrusa
Chavrusa is the traditional way of learning in pairs or a small group: reading together, asking, debating and sharpening each…
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Elul Zman and the Three Zmanim
The yeshiva year is divided into three "zmanim": Elul zman (from Rosh Chodesh Elul until after Yom Kippur), winter zman (after…
Actualités
64,000 Bochurim Listed as Draft Evaders: IDF Prepares Months-Long Jail Terms
About 64,000 Chareidi bochurim are now classified by the IDF as draft evaders. The army is preparing tougher enforcement, with…