Introduction Part I The Volozhin Yeshiva 1 The Beginnings of the Volozhin Yeshiva R. Hayim of Volozhin * The Foundation of the Volozhin Yeshiva * The Establishment of the Yeshiva in Volozhin * Setting Up the Yeshiva and Organizing Financial Support * Curriculum and Students * Areas of Study * The Position of the Rosh Yeshiva * Yeshivas Modelled on Volozhin 2The Beginning of the Yeshiva - Succession, Conflicts, and Change R. Yitshak of Volozhin as Rosh Yeshiva * Change and Continuity at the Yeshiva * The Role of the Yeshiva in Society * R. Eliezer Fried as successor to R. Yitshak * R. Naftali Berlin and the Question of Authority at the Yeshiva * The Conflict with R. Yehoshua Heschel Levin * The Conflict with R. Yosef Dov Soloveitchik * The Restoration of Order to the Staff and the Yeshiva 3The Yeshiva as a Place of Study The Yeshiva as a Torah Study Centre * The Framework of Study * The Yeshiva Staff and their Functions * The Yeshiva's Functions 4The Yeshiva Administration Supervision of Studies and Examinations * The Shiur and Student Participation * The Importance of the New Mode of Study * Staff-Student Relations: Financial Support and Discipline * The Status of the Yeshiva in the Jewish World 5Students at the Volozhin Yeshiva The Decision to Study at the Yeshiva * Admission to the Yeshiva * Absorption at the Yeshiva * Integration at the Yeshiva * Student Activity and the Yeshiva's Response * The Individual Student and the Yeshiva * Students and the Local Community 6Life at the Volozhin Yeshiva Daily Routine * Study Arrangements * The Yeshiva Year * Sabbaths and Festivals * Extra-Curricular Activity * The Haskalah: Interest among Students* The Haskalah: The Yeshiva's Response * Leisure Activities 7The Final Years of the Volozhin Yeshiva Charity and Aid Associations * Zionist Organizations * Other Associations * Student Newspapers * Political Activity at the Yeshiva * The Financial State of the Yeshiva in its Final Years 8The Closure of the Volozhin Yeshiva Relations between the Yeshiva and the Authorities * Secular Studies at the Yeshiva * Background to the Controversy over the Successor to R. Berlin * The Struggle over the Succession * The Factors in the Closure of the Yeshiva * Appendix to Chapter 8: Official Documents about the Volozhin Yeshiva Part II Slobodka, Telz, and the Kolel 9 The Slobodka Yeshiva The Musar Movement * R. Yisrael Salanter * The Slobodka Yeshiva * The Yeshiva's Students * Talmud Study at the 'Musar Yeshiva' * Internal Problems and External Expansion * Controversy and Conflict at the Yeshiva 10 The Telz Yeshiva The Foundation of the Yeshiva * R. Eliezer Gordon * The Aims of the Yeshiva * Study at the Yeshiva * Admission of Students * Basic Support for the Yeshiva Students * Conflicts at the Yeshiva * Factors in the Disruptions at the Yeshiva * R. Eliezer Gordon's Attitude towards the Haskalah and Zionism * R. Gordon's Confrontation with the Social Crisis 11The Kolel Haperushim of Kovno and the 'Kolel' Institution The Foundation of the Kolel and its Early History * The Kolel's Mode of Operation * Opposition and Conflicts * The Kolel of Brodsky Conclusion Bibliography Index
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