Volozhin Yeshiva: Its Final Years. The Great Machloket. What Led to Closing of the Yeshiva on February 2, 1892

YUTORAH: R' Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent Shiurim

Volozhin Yeshiva: Its Final Years. The Great Machloket. What Led to Closing of the Yeshiva on February 2, 1892 - Sep 9, 2024 - History & overview of this class from 1980 to the present. Volozhin in early 1850s. R' Yitzchak, son of founder R' Chaim Volozhiner died. His joint successors: Netziv & R' Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik (Beit Halevi). 1851-3: Machloket as a result of a joint, not a single leadership. Description of the outrageous behavior of those who participated in the conflict. Beit Halevi left. R' Chaim Berlin. Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century by Shaul Stampfer. Predicting the past. Using Stampfer & memoir literature in order to answer why Volozhin closed. Rabbis who gave away their money too freely. R' Chaim Soloveichik was like this. Running a yeshiva with a then unprecedented 400 students needed someone with administrative ability, not R' Chaim Brisker. R' Chaim Berlin instituting constraint of "office hours" on the students was not appreciated. Why Russian government insisted on some secular studies. The extreme violence within Volozhin was known by the Russian secret police and they saw this as potential for violent revolutionaries against the Czar. Student who went home and died. Some suspected this was due to a curse from Netziv. Police closed the yeshiva to deter revolution.