Institution · yeshiva
Bialystok yeshiva
yeshiva
A four-grade religious institution that expanded after World War I.
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... The talmud torah, or elementary religious school,
consisted of twelve classes. The yeshiva had four
grades. Each section contained twenty to thirty stu-
dents. The lower talmud torah classes offered the pupils
basic Jewish knowledge, like the aleph bais and Bible
with Rashi (Biblical commentary). In the eleventh and
twelfth grades, the students began studying gemorah.
The advanced talmud torah classes prepared many to
enter the yeshiva. ...Connected nodes
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Szyele (Jehoszua) Rapoport
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Meir Fisz
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Rabbi Nochumke
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Rabbi Meir Szczedrowicki
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talmud torah
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Institution
Bialystoker Home in New York
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Szyele (Jehoszua) Rapoport
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Rabbi Mojsze Rapoport
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Rabbi Jojnoson
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Rabbi Meir Rapoport
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New York
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Szyele (Jehoszua) Rapoport → Bialystok yeshiva
who was in my class at the yeshiva