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Hebron Yeshiva, also known as Yeshivas Hevron, or Knesses Yisroel, is a yeshiva (school for Talmudic study). It originated in 1924 when the roshei yeshiva (deans) and 150 students of the Slabodka Yeshiva, known colloquially as the "mother of yeshivas", relocated to Hebron .
Feb 4, 2017 · The Slobodka (also spelled Slabodka) Yeshiva (Talmudic Academy) was a lighthouse for Jewish life. Hundreds of well- known rabbis, who led the Jewish Diaspora and who left their mark on Jewish thinking and lifestyle, came from the small Lithuanian town Slobodka.
Jun 19, 2014 · HEBRON — The boys of the Shavei Hevron Yeshiva in the heart of Hebron have a scripted day of study: they wake up at seven, pray, eat and then study Talmud until noon.
Dec 22, 2015 · In 1924, the Slabodka (sometimes spelled Slobodka) Yeshiva, the largest and most important Jewish institute of higher learning in Lithuania moved to Hebron. Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein served as the Rosh Yeshiva and Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, one of the most important leaders of the Musar movement, served as mashgiach or spiritual director.
On the Thursday before the riots, he was seen sitting in the Hebron yeshiva studying and reciting Psalms. On Saturday, the mob attacked the guest house and he and his wife were tortured and murdered, as well as that of Segal's three-year-old son. When the three bodies were found, they were first listed as "unidentified."
in roughly two hours that Saturday morning, aka Shabbat, the mob murdered 67 Jews, many in barbaric ways. Eyewitnesses reported widespread rape, torture, mutilation, and other unspeakable cruelties. A student of the Hebron Yeshiva lost a hand during the attack.
After the Arab riot of 1929 the Yeshiva moved to Jerusalem and changed its name to Hebron Yeshiva in honor of its roots in the Holy Israel. However, only part of the yeshiva moved — about 60%, while 40% remained in Slobodka.
