-
Hasidim largely subsided, and the
heirs of
Misnagdim adopted the
epithet Litvishe or Litvaks. The
rapid spread of
Hasidism in the
second half of the 18th...
-
Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Of the main
Yiddish dialects in Europe, the
Litvishe Yiddish (Lithuanian Yiddish)
dialect was
spoken by Jews in Lithuania, Belarus...
-
communities is not
nearly as
important as it is in
Lithuanian Jewish (
Litvishe) communities.
Hasidic students usually get
married at the age of 18, which—in...
- its position.
Sephardic Haredim differ from
their Ashke****
Hasidic and
Litvishe counterparts in a
number of
significant ways. The
central differentiating...
- "Amshinever Rebbe", and
every rebbe of
every Hasidic dynasty. In the
Litvishe world, when not
referring to a
hasidic rebbe (/ˈrɛbə/), the word can be...
-
characteristic of
Lithuanian Jews, also
known as
Northeastern Yiddish Litvishe, non-Hasidic
Haredi Jews Litvak, any Jew from Lithuania; see
History of...
- orientations,
generally divided into a
broad range of
Hasidic courts and
Litvishe-Yeshivish
streams from
Eastern Europe, and
Oriental Sephardic Haredi Jews...
- The
Yeshiva of
Greater Washington (Tiferes Gedaliah) (YGW) is a
litvishe Yeshiva that is
located in Kemp Mill, Maryland. It was
founded in 1964 by Rabbi...
- of
Vilna Gaon (Elijah ben
Solomon Zalman),
which adopted the
epithets Litvishe (Yiddish word),
Litvaks (in Slavic) or Lita'im (in Hebrew)
those epithets...
-
yeshiva into one of the
largest in the world- a
leading one
among the
Litvishe. He
sought to take care of many orphans,
especially the
Yaldei Tehran ("Children...
