Tiktinsky (Mir)
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The Tiktinsky (or Tiktinski) family is "associated with the foundation and development of" the Mir Yeshiva (Belarus),[1] from which came the one in Jerusalem, the Mir in Brooklyn and Bais HaTalmud. Shmuel Tiktinsky and his oldest son, Avrohom, who both died (separately) in 1835,[2] were the first two of this family to facilitate the success of the Mir. At that time, Shmuel's second oldest son, Chaim Leib, was eleven years old.[3] Two others led the Mir before it became his turn.[1]
Shmuel Tiktinsky
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Shmuel Tiktinsky was "a merchant of considerable means and a talmudic scholar."[1] He used both of these[4] to build[5] and run the Mir.
Avrohom Tiktinsky
[edit]Avrohom Tiktinsky was given "the whole burden of administration" by his father in 1823.[1] One change he made was eliminating eating kest - the practice of having individual students eat their meals by different town families each day. One purpose was "raising their status."[1]
When, like his father, he died in 1835, Shmuel's second oldest son was eleven years old.[3] Responsibility shifted to the chief rabbi of the town[who?], and subsequently upon his death, to that rabbi's son.
Chaim Yehuda Leib Tiktinsky (Chaim Leib)
[edit]In 1850, the now 26 year old Chaim Yehuda Leib Tiktinsky, known as Chaim Leib, "was appointed joint principal of the yeshiva."[1] Chaim Leib "insisted that the student must devote himself solely to the texts and the commentaries" and reduced deployment of pilpul.[1] This brought in more students, and in 1867, with the death of the other principal, he "was entrusted with the entire control" of the Mir.[3][6] Chaim Leib named two sons Shmuel and Avrohom.[1]
Beyond
[edit]Chaim Leib's Shmuel (1876), and then Avrohom (1883), were his successors.[1][3] The latter retired in 1907.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Tiktinski". Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ "Mir, Yeshiva of". YIVO Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
Tiktinski died in 1835, and his son and designated heir died the same year
- ^ a b c d "TIKTINSKI, HAYYIM JUDAH LOB B. SAMUEL". Jewish Encyclopedia.
- ^ Ernest Gugenheim (2014). Letters from Mir: The Correspondence of Ernest Gugenheim. Orthodox Union (OU Press). p. 37. ISBN 978-1-879016-56-9.
- ^ from: Five Towns Jewish TimesLarry Gordon (February 9, 2009). "Witness To History: An Alter Mirrer in Our Amidst". Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ "Letter by Rabbi Chaim Leib Tiktinsky, Head of Mir Yeshiva".
- ^ "This Month in Jewish History - Tammuz". TorahTots.com.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Tiktinski Hayyim Judah Loeb b. Samuel". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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