Mir Yeshiva

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Mir Yeshiva is one of the largest and most influential Orthodox Jewish yeshivas in the world, renowned for its rigorous Talmudic scholarship and central role in the Lithuanian yeshiva tradition.

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instanceOf Lithuanian-style yeshiva
yeshiva
alumniInfluence many rabbis and educators worldwide
associatedWith rabbinic leadership of the Lithuanian yeshiva world
city Jerusalem NERFINISHED
country Israel
curriculumEmphasis Gemara with Rishonim and Acharonim
dailySchedule intensive study from early morning to late night
denomination Haredi Judaism NERFINISHED
educationalFocus full-time Torah study
educationalLevel post-high-school yeshiva gedolah
foundedIn 1815
foundingLocation Mir, Belarus NERFINISHED
fundingModel donations
philanthropy
genderAdmission male
hasBranch Mir Yeshiva (Beit Shemesh) NERFINISHED
Mir Yeshiva (Brooklyn) NERFINISHED
Mir Yeshiva (Modiin Illit) NERFINISHED
hasProgram Israeli students program
overseas students program
hasRoshYeshiva multiple roshei yeshiva
historicalSignificance one of the few European yeshivas to survive the Holocaust as an intact institution
ideologicalOrientation non-Hasidic Haredi
influenced yeshiva education worldwide
knownFor influence on the yeshiva world
large student body
rigorous Talmudic scholarship
languageOfInstruction Hebrew
Yiddish
movedTo Kovno NERFINISHED
Shanghai NERFINISHED
Vilna NERFINISHED
neighborhood Beit Yisrael NERFINISHED
notableFor continuity from pre-war European yeshiva world
originalCountry Russian Empire NERFINISHED
primaryTextOfStudy Halakha
Talmud NERFINISHED
reestablishedIn Jerusalem NERFINISHED
reestablishedInYear 1944
religiousAffiliation Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Lithuanian yeshiva tradition
roleInCommunity major Torah center in Jerusalem
roleInJudaism central institution of the Lithuanian yeshiva tradition
studentBodySize thousands of students
studyMethod Brisker method of Talmudic analysis NERFINISHED
survivalRoute escape via Japan to Shanghai during World War II
typeOfInstitution residential religious school

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Lithuanian Jewry majorYeshiva Mir Yeshiva