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Yeshivas Kaminetz (Jerusalem)
Yeshivas Kaminetz (also known as ''Kaminetz Yeshiva'') was founded 1945 in Jerusalem by a son and son-in-law of Boruch Ber Leibowitz as is a transplant of Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchak-Kaminetz. History Leibowitz was appointed head of ''Knesses Beis Yitzchak'' in 1904. During and after World War I it relocated more than once, including to ''Kamyenyets, Kaminetz'' in 1926. Leibowitz headed this yeshiva until his death in 1939. The yeshiva's students dispersed in four groups during World War II. Leibowitz's son-in-law Rabbi Moshe Bernstein, along with his brother-in-law Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Leibowitz, reestablished the school in Jerusalem in 1945. Yitzchok Scheiner, grandson-in-law to Boruch Ber,his wife, Esther Leah, who died in 2007, was Bernsteins's daughter and a granddaughter of Boruch Ber Leibowitz was their successor until his own death in 2021. References Orthodox yeshivas in Jerusalem Jewish Lithuanian history Jewish Polish history Lithuanian-Jewish culture in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchak-Kaminetz
Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchak was an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva, founded in Slabodka on the outskirts of Kaunas, Lithuania (then ruled by the Russian Empire), in 1897. The yeshiva later moved to Kamyenyets, then part of Poland, and currently in Belarus, and is therefore often referred to as the Kaminetz Yeshiva or simply Kaminetz. The yeshiva was famously led by Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibowitz. Early Years Founding Originally, Slabodka boasted the famous Knesses Yisrael yeshiva, founded by Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel in 1882. However, in 1897, controversy broke out in the yeshiva, as many of the students were opposed to the yeshiva strong focus on mussar (Jewish ethics), as opposed to only studying Talmud. The yeshiva therefore split into two, with the one against mussar going under the name ''Knesses Beis Yitzchok'' (named for the previous rabbi of Kaunas, Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor). The rav of Slabodka, Rabbi Moshe Danishevsky, served as '' rosh yeshiva''. Rabbi Moshe Mord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
