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In 1897, opposition to the Musar method emerged among the students, leading to a split in the yeshiva. The Musar movement followers moved to a separate building, while the opponents established the
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of Slobodka, particularly the Or HaChaim yeshivah founded by Tzvi Levitan around 1863 (also known as Yeshivas R' Hirschel), attracted students from other countries and were led by noted scholars.
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It is unclear if the name "Knesses Yisrael" was introduced then or later in 1897, when the yeshiva split over the mussar approach between Knesses Yisrael, named after
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Although there was initial rivalry between the two institutions, they eventually achieved a peaceful coexistence. This was largely due to Epstein becoming a
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A 1924 edict mandating military enlistment or supplementary secular studies in the yeshiva prompted many students from the Slabodka yeshiva to relocate to
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in Slabodka under Moshe Danishevky, who served as Knesses Beis Yitzchak's rosh yeshiva, facilitating cooperation between the two rosh yeshivas.
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This article is about the Slabodka yeshiva that functioned in Lithuania until World War II. For other yeshivas connected with Slabodka, see
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Shortly after World War I began in 1914, some members of the yeshiva, including Finkel, Epstein, and the
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and the Ohr Hachaim yeshiva to form the "Slabodka Yeshiva". Finkel oversaw the institution while
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After World War II, the original yeshiva building was confiscated by the
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to Palestine to find a suitable location for the yeshiva, and they chose
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became rosh yeshiva, with Ber Hirsch Heller and Grodzinski serving as
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Reb Yaakov: The Life and Times of HaGaon Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky
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Wooden synagogues in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Slabodka yeshiva
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54°54′38″N 23°53′12″E / 54.910623°N 23.886702°E / 54.910623; 23.886702
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