Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century

Download or read book Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century written by Shaul Stampfer and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the key ways in which the traditional Jewish world of eastern Europe responded to the challenges of modernity in the nineteenth century was to change the system for educating young men so as to reinforce time-honoured, conservative values. The yeshivas established at that time in Lithuania became models for an educational system that has persisted to this day, transmitting the talmudic underpinnings of the traditional Jewish way of life. To understand how that system works, one needs to go back to the institutions they are patterned on. This is a study of the Lithuanian yeshiva as it existed from 1802 to 1914, presenting the yeshiva in its social and cultural context.