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The Pressburg Yeshiva, was the largest and most influential Yeshiva in Central Europe in the 19th century. It was founded in the city of Pressburg, Austrian Empire (today Bratislava, Slovakia) by Rabbi Moshe Sofer (known as the Chasam Sofer or Chatam Sofer) and was considered the largest Yeshiva since the time of the Babylonian Talmud.
Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (German: Abraham Samuel Benjamin Schreiber), also known by his main work Ksav Sofer or Ketav Sofer (trans. Writ of the Scribe), (1815–1871), was one of the leading rabbis of Hungarian Jewry in the second half of the nineteenth century and rosh yeshiva of the famed Pressburg Yeshiva.
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues.A yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism.
The Pressburg Yeshiva of Jerusalem (Hebrew: ישיבת פרשבורג) is a leading yeshiva located in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. [11] It was founded in 1950 by Rabbi Akiva Sofer (known as the Daas Sofer ), a great-grandson of Rabbi Moses Sofer (the Chasam Sofer ), who established the original Pressburg Yeshiva in the ...
He studied at some of the most prominent Yeshivos including the Yeshiva of the Chofetz Chaim in Radin, [2] the Slobodka yeshiva, and the Novardok yeshiva. He received rabbinical ordination from Shimon Shkop, Moshe Mordechai Epstein and others. In 1924, he immigrated to the United States where he served as rabbi in Detroit, Michigan.
A yeshiva named Chachmei Lublin was established in Detroit, Michigan, by Rabbi Moshe Rothenberg in the 1940s. Rothenberg had been a student of Rabbi Meir Shapiro in the original Chachmei Lublin yeshiva. The yeshiva thrived for over a decade before it closed. Mr.
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah is the largest Jewish School system in Michigan, with over 1,000 students. The school includes the Norma Jean & Edward Meer Early Childhood Development Center next to the boys' school. The yeshiva is known locally for its annual fund-raising dinner, held at the Detroit Renaissance Center, which usually features a guest speaker.
Pressburg Yeshiva (Jerusalem), founded in 1950 by Rabbi Akiva Sofer (the Daas Sofer), great-grandson of the Chasam Sofer Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pressburg Yeshiva .