page_title: Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka)
hierarchical_section_title: Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Slabodka)
caption_attribution_description: English: Very old public photo-etching of the Alter (or Sabba) of Slabodka, Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (1849-1927)
context_page_description: Nosson Tzvi Finkel, also known as Nota Hirsch or Natan Tzvi Finkel, was an influential leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and founder of the Slabodka yeshiva, in the town of Vilijampolė. He is also known by the Yiddish appellation der Alter and as the Alter of Slabodka. Many of his pupils were to become major leaders of Orthodox Judaism in the USA and Israel.
context_section_description: Nosson Tzvi Finkel (1849 in Raseiniai, Russian Empire – 1927 in the British Mandate of Palestine), also known as Nota Hirsch or Natan Tzvi Finkel, was an influential leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe and founder of the Slabodka yeshiva, in the town of Vilijampolė (a suburb of Kaunas). He is also known by the Yiddish appellation der Alter ("the Elder") and as the Alter of Slabodka. Many of his pupils were to become major leaders of Orthodox Judaism in the USA and Israel.
caption: Alter of Slabodka
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