Judaism in Lithuania von Source: Wikipedia (Hrsg.)

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Chapters: Judaism in Vilnius, Musar movement, Synagogues in Lithuania, Yeshivas of Lithuania, Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Telshe yeshiva, Vilna Gaon, Misnagdim, Shlomo Wolbe, Simcha Zissel Ziv, Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz, Yisroel Salanter, Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Musar literature, Zundel Salant, Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, Novardok yeshiva, Great Synagogue of Vilna, Eliezer Gordon, Ponevezh Yeshiva, Slabodka yeshiva, Kelm Talmud Torah, Chanoch Henoch Eigis, Naftoli Trop, Yeruchom Levovitz, Jewish cemeteries of Vilnius, Kovno Kollel, Alan Morinis, Romm publishing house, Ira F. Stone, Mashgiach ruchani, Yitzchok Cohen, Yechiel Perr, Yosef Yozel Horwitz, Yitzchak Blazer, Simcha Zissel Halevi Levovitz, Kaunas Synagogue, Yechezkel Levenstein, Reuven Dov Dessler, Yekutiel Gordon, Vilna Edition Shas, Vilner. Excerpt: Telshe yeshiva was a famous Eastern European yeshiva founded in the Lithuanian town of Tel¿iai. After World War II the yeshiva relocated to Wickliffe, Ohio, in the United States and is currently known as the Rabbinical College of Telshe, (commonly referred to as Telz Yeshiva or Telz in short.) It is one of the most prominent Haredi institutions of Torah study. The yeshiva was founded in 1875 in the town of Tel¿iai ("Telshe" in Russian or "Telz" in Yiddish) to provide for the religious educational needs of young Jewish men in Telshe and its surrounding towns. The yeshiva was established by three important Orthodox rabbis and Talmudists¿Rabbi Meir Atlas, later the Rabbi of Shavel (the Yiddish name for ¿iauliai) and the father-in-law of Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman; Rabbi Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim, who later became the Rabbi of Kelm; and Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Abel, the brother-in-law of Rabbi Shimon Shkop. They received financial assistance from a Jewish banker in Berlin, Mr. Ovadyah Lachman. Rabbi Eliezer GordonThe file File:Rabbi Eliezer Gordon.jpg has an uncertain copyright status and may be deleted. You can comment on its removal.In 1884, Rabbi Eliezer Gordon was appointed as both the rav (head rabbi) of Telz and its rosh yeshiva ("dean/head of the yeshiva"). Rabbi Gordon was a brilliant Talmudist and expert in Torah law. A student of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, Rabbi Gordon had been appointed by Rabbi Salanter as a maggid shiur (lecturer) in Rabbi Salanter's yeshiva at a young age. He also served as rabbi in Kelm, and for a brief time in Slabodka (a suburb of Kaunas/Kovno known in Lithuanian as Viliampole). Rabbi Gordon was not satisfied with a yeshiva that served only the younger students in Telz and the vicinity, and set himself to the task of expanding it. In 1884 Rabbi Gordon added his son-in-law, Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch to the faculty and in 1885 he acquired the talents of Rabbi Shimon Shkop. Both Rabbi Bloch and Rabbi Shkop were innovators in the field of Jewish education,