The World That Was
Education
The Yeshiva
"The Yeshiva was the higher grade educational institution after the Cheder. Most towns did not have a Yeshiva, and those wishing to continue their studies after the Cheder, would go to places which had a Yeshiva... In the absence of a Yeshiva in Wolbrom, the learning at the Beit Midrash, under the Melamed (teacher) Mordechai Wolf, served as a substitute to studying in a Yeshiva. Due to the great difficulty and high costs only few parents could manage to send their sons to a far away Yeshiva...
At the initiative of some of the more important Hasidim, headed by Rabbi Abraham-Yissachar Gotlieb, “Keter Tora” Yeshiva was opened in Wolbrom after Passover 1929... The Rabbi of Radomsk promised to cover 25% of the running costs. A board was established which included all the Chassidic groups in town. “Keter Tora” was one of the expansive and creative chain of no less than 33 Yeshivot in different towns in Poland, with over two thousand students… Around one hundred students learned in the Wolbrom Yeshiva.”
Sh. Barkai in Wolbrom Irenu
