Yeshiva Kol Yaakov was established in Moscow last January 6, Moscow Chief Rabbi Solomon Schlieffer has informed the Israel Chief Rabbinate.
In a letter from Rabbi Schlieffer to Israel Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog, announced here today, the former reports that 10 students have been enrolled in the school and will receive subsistence and other material needs while studying. They will be graduated either as rabbis or as religious officials competent in perform circumcisions, ritual slaughter or serve as scribes.
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