The Lubavitcher Yeshiva here has been closed owing to lack of the necessary funds to continue its maintenance.
The closing of the institution menders doubtful the continued residence in Riga of the Lubavitcher Rebbe as one of the conditions of his stay here was the establishment of a Lubavitcher Yeshiva.
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