Mir Yeshiva (Belarus)

Mir Yeshiva
ישיבת מיר
Location
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Coordinates53°27′18″N 26°27′48″E / 53.4550°N 26.4632°E / 53.4550; 26.4632
Information
Religious affiliation(s)Orthodox Judaism
Established1815 or 1817
FounderRabbi Shmuel Tikutinsky
PresidentRabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz
FacultyRabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel
Rabbi Yeruchom Levovitz
Enrollment250-400 (1920s)
LanguageHebrew

The Mir Yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבת מיר, Yeshivat Mir), commonly known as the Mirrer Yeshiva (Yiddish: ‏מירער ישיבה) or The Mir, was a Lithuanian yeshiva located in the town of Mir, Russian Empire (now Belarus). After relocating a number of times during World War II, it has evolved into three yeshivas: one in Jerusalem and two in Brooklyn, New York: the Mir Yeshiva, and Bais Hatalmud.