Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Slabodka)

This article is about the Slabodka yeshiva that functioned in Lithuania until World War II. For other yeshivas connected with Slabodka, see Slabodka yeshiva.

54°54′38″N 23°53′12″E / 54.910623°N 23.886702°E / 54.910623; 23.886702

Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael
הישיבה הקדושה כנסת ישראל
בסלבודקה-קובנה‎
Portraits of rabbis and students, 1922
Location
Map
Vilijampolė

Lithuania
Coordinates54°54′38″N 23°53′12″E / 54.910623°N 23.886702°E / 54.910623; 23.886702
Information
Other nameSlabodka Yeshiva
TypeMussar
Religious affiliation(s)Orthodox Judaism
Established1882
FounderNosson Tzvi Finkel
Closedc. 1941
Dean
Staff
Enrollment350 (1920s)

Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael (Yiddish: סלאבאדקער ישיבה; Lithuanian: Vilijampolės (Slabados) ješiva) was a yeshiva located in the town of Vilijampolės Slabada in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Vilijampolė in Kaunas, Lithuania). It operated from the late 19th century until World War II.