Where is the Mir Yeshiva?
Jerusalem
The Mir Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת מיר, Yeshivas Mir), known also as The Mir, is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem. With over 8,500 single and married students, it is the largest yeshiva in the world.
Who is the Rosh Yeshiva of Mir Yerushalayim?
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (also called Leizer Yudel Finkel) is a Haredi Jewish rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 6,000 students.
Where was the Mir Yeshiva in Europe?
Belarus
The Mir Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת מיר, Yeshivas Mir), commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva or The Mir, was a Lithuanian yeshiva located in the town of Mir, Russian Empire (now Belarus).
What yeshiva means?
Definition of yeshiva 1 : a school for talmudic study. 2 : an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary. 3 : a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction.
Where is the Hasidic community in Brooklyn?
Borough Park is home to the headquarters of Hasidic Judaism’s large Bobov community, numbering an estimated several thousand families. It is one of Brooklyn’s largest Hasidic communities, and also has followers in Canada, England, Belgium, and Israel.
Where is Mirrer Yeshiva located?
For the other Mirrer Yeshiva, see Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn). The Mir Yeshiva ( Hebrew: ישיבת מיר, Yeshivas Mir ), known also as The Mir, is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem. With over 8,500 single and married students, it is the largest yeshiva in the world.
What is Yeshiva Mir Yerushalayim?
Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim (the “Mir”), was founded in 1817 in the town of Mir, Poland and resettled in post war Jerusalem in 1944. In its 200 year history, the Mir has grown from a handful of students to the largest Yeshiva in the world.
Who is the current dean of the Mir?
Today, the Mir is led by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel Shlita, who assumed the position of Rosh Hayeshiva (Dean) following the untimely passing of his father, Rabbi Nosson Zvi Finkel zt”l in October 2011.
When did Mir become a part of Poland?
Retrieved 9 November 2011. ^ Mir eventually became part of Poland in 1920, the Soviet Union in 1939 and Belarus in 1991. ^ משה יהודה ליב גאלדבערג, תולדות הגאון ר’ חיים יהודה ליב ז”ל, ווארשא, תרס”ב, עמ’ 7.