Relocation of Slabodka Yeshiva To Palestine
A 1924 edict requiring enlistment in the military or supplementary secular studies in the yeshiva led a large number of students in the Slabodka yeshiva to relocate to Palestine. Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, also known as "Der Alter fun Slabodka" (The Elder of Slabodka), sent Rabbi Avraham Grodzinski to head this group and establish the yeshiva in Hebron. Upon Grodzinski's return to Slabodka, the Alter transferred the mashgiach ruchani responsibilities to him, and the rosh yeshiva duties to Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac Sher and himself and moved to Hebron to lead the yeshiva there. Hebron was chosen over Jerusalem to avoid the influence of the Conservative Old Yishuv. The Slabodka yeshiva ceased operation during the Holocaust. A branch was also established in Bnei Brak.
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