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Rabbi Yosef Yozel of Novogrudok

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Rabbi associated with Novogrudok and leader of students who crossed the Russian border.

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... בשנת 21־1919, כשהבולשביקים החלו להציק לתלמידי ה״ישיבות״, במגמה לעקור מן השורש את הדת והאמונד״ קמו כמה עשרות בחורים, ובראשם ר׳ ױסף־ױזי מנוברדוק, ועברו את הגבול הרוםי והגיעו לװרשה, מזריטש־פודלאםק וביאלי־ סטוק, בהן הקימו ישיבות גדולות ומרכזױת, וממקומות אלה התפזרו והקימו םניפים שונים בכל מיני ערים ועײרות ובתוכן חמילניק. ...
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Event
Students cross the Russian border
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Institution
Beit Yosef Yeshiva
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Person
Rabbi Mordechai Korknover
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Place
Zhytomyr Governorate
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Place
Novogrudok
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Place
Russian Empire
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Place
Warsaw
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Place
Białystok
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Community
Chmielnik Jewish community
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Person
Rabbi Mordechai, rabbi of Chmielnik
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Associated events
Migration · 1919–1921
Students cross the Russian border

Several dozen students led by Rabbi Yosef Yozel crossed the Russian border and arrived in Warsaw, Mazyr, Podlaskie towns, and Białystok, where they established yeshivas and centers.