Volozhin Yeshiva Shut Down by Russian Czars, 1892

On This Day in Jewish History: February 3, 1892

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#onthisday, 1892, the Russian Czarist government shut down the Volozhin Yeshiva, the "mother of all yeshivas" amidst a rush of antisemitic moves against Jews all across the Pale and in Russian lands

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