Volozhin Yeshiva
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The Volozhin Yeshiva, also known as the Eitz Chaim yeshiva, was a yeshiva situated in Volozhin, present-day Belarus in the 19th century. The yeshiva was founded by Rabbi Chaim Volozhin in 1803 under the direction of the Vilna Gaon. Volozhin is known as "the mother of yeshivas".
Alumni
- Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan
- Rabbi David Cohen
- Rabbi Baruch Epstein
- Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein
- Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
- Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman
- Rabbi Jacob Joseph
- Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz
- Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
- Rabbi Baruch Ber Lebowitz
- Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer
- Rabbi Zundel Salant
- Rabbi Shimon Shkop
- Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik
- Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman
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