The yeshiva-school tag has no wiki summary.
3
votes
1answer
61 views
Place to study Zohar
What is a good place for an American to learn Zohar in person (anywhere internationally)? (This question is for a friend who is much more learned than I am).
4
votes
0answers
37 views
“Secular” studies in the Rhineland academies of the 11th-13th centuries
This is perhaps a fairly specific question, and I don't know if it belongs here or on the History stack exchange, but I would like to know more about the Rhineland academies that were headed by people ...
0
votes
0answers
31 views
yeshiva r' shlomo kluger [closed]
i saw a prior chain of comments regarding yeshiva r' shlomo kluger, but i did not know how to add a question/comment. my gandmothers' brother, pinchos nussbaum z"l, attended the yeshiva as a bochur in ...
5
votes
3answers
183 views
Does an Orthodox rabbi have to have semicha?
I have heard that in the Orthodox world rabbis that teach are referred to as "Rabbi" even though they might not have semicha. Even several roshei yeshivah might not have semicha. can this be true?
3
votes
1answer
82 views
Rav Nissan Kaplan - biography
Rav Nissan Kaplan is one of the Rashei Yeshiva at the Mir in Jerusalem, teaches English-speaking students in Walmark (וולמארק), which is one of the two batei midrash in the Bet Yeshaya building, ...
1
vote
1answer
75 views
History of the Mir Yeshiva
Can anybody recommend a good history of the Mir Yeshiva - specifically until the outbreak of World War II, but ideally even inclusive of the war years? Shaul Stampfer has an excellent history of ...
0
votes
0answers
71 views
The Huncovce, Slovakia Yeshiva — any photos, diaries, documents?
I have translated a page about Hunsdorf/Huncovce, Slovakia, from a Yizkor (Memorial) Book, Pinkas Slovakia, as part of an effort by JewishGen to make information available to the world. Over the ...
9
votes
1answer
129 views
How does Judaism regard homeschooling?
The title quite says it. I'm specifically more interested in unschooling....
It is said in Ktubot, 50:b, that:
אמר רב יצחק באושא התקינו שיהא אדם מתגלגל עם בנו עד שתים עשרה שנה מכאן
ואילך יורד ...
1
vote
0answers
66 views
Public school vs Yeshiva. Which to choose [closed]
Here is a little into about me.
(It may help you answer my questions)
I'm Russian Jew. I do believe but in my own way. ( but most of the people would probably call me non religious )
My son in 4th ...
2
votes
4answers
474 views
Teachings of Chabad (Lubavitch) - controversial or not?
I have been reading about Chabad Lubavitch and, since I have started to be in contact with a local group, I am in doubt about the Chabad messianism (belief of some adherents about the last Rebbe).
...
0
votes
0answers
67 views
Landau at Rabbi Kluger Yeshiva [closed]
Am trying to determine any involvement the "Landau" family may have had with the Rabbi Kluger Yeshiva in the early 20's. Any information would be appreciated.
6
votes
1answer
90 views
Yeshivat Sheim v'Eiver
Assuming that our patriarchs Abraham Isaac and Jacob spent time learning in the House of Study of Sheim v'Eiver, the descendents of Noach, what were they learning? The seven commandments of the ...
5
votes
4answers
262 views
Why isn't Tanach regularly studied in many Yeshivot?
There is a Tosafot in Sanhedrin 24a
that says that by learning Gemara one does not fulfill what the Gemara (Kidushin 30a, Avoda Zara 19a) says: one should split his learning into three --- Tanach, ...
7
votes
2answers
134 views
How was the Volozhin Yeshiva special?
The Volozhin Yeshiva is known as the "first yeshiva".
What was the system of Torah learning in Europe before Volozhin and in what way did Volozhin change the system?
17
votes
1answer
149 views
What do you do if you made a Tzedaka pledge and now the organization folded?
Recently a friend of mine asked me the following question. He pledged $500- to a Yeshiva, yet before he paid the pledge the Yeshiva closed. Does he still have to pay his pledge to another Tzedaka or ...
13
votes
2answers
149 views
What happened to the Yeshivas Shem v'Aiver?
What happened to the Yeshiva of Shem v'Aiver and all who learnt there?
13
votes
1answer
193 views
Why are these tractates, “Yeshivish Mesechtos”?
There is a cycle of tractates in the Talmud that are learned in Yeshiva each year. This is an exclusive list, where only a small number of volumes are covered in the curriculum.
There must be some ...
5
votes
1answer
73 views
How and when did the word “Kollel” come to mean “an institution for paying scholars to study Torah”?
How and when did the word "Kollel" come to mean "an institution for paying scholars to study Torah"?
If I'm not mistaken, the Hebrew word "kollel" means "includes."
But today we've all heard of the ...
8
votes
2answers
334 views
Which 20th-century Rosh Yeshiva studied under the mysterious Monsieur Chouchani?
Monsieur Chouchani was a mysterious figure who travelled around post-World War II and taught several great Jewish thinkers, including Emmanuel Levinas z"l and [yibadel l'chayim] Elie Wiesel.
...
4
votes
2answers
273 views
What's up with the Chafetz Chaim yeshiva guys?
I know they learn a lot slower, dress a little flashier, and learn more mussar than in most mainstream yeshivos, but can someone specify exactly what is the philosophy of the Chafetz Chaim yeshiva ...
6
votes
1answer
126 views
List of acceptable literature for religious schools
A while back I came across an article about an organization that compiled a list of acceptable literature (I believe fiction titles) for Jewish religious schools. Does anyone know where I can find ...
1
vote
2answers
83 views
Where can you get grants for children going to Yeshiva / Seminary in Eretz Yisroel?
Does anyone know where can you get grants for children going to Yeshiva / Seminary in Eretz Yisroel?
3
votes
6answers
287 views
Yeshivas that have closed
Recently there was a blog regarding the Shlomo Kluger Yeshiva on the Lower East Side. My father was a student at Yeshiva Eitz Chaim in Boro Park in the the early 40s. Over the years many Yeshivas or ...
