The Yeshiva of Mir.

LEHMANN, BERT.

Oil on canvas. Signed by the artist below center. Framed.

A small town in eastern Poland nearby to the Russian border, located 16 kilometers from the nearest railway station, Mir was home to one of the most illustrious yeshivos of the Lithuanian world. Founded soon after the Volozhin yeshiva in 1815, the yeshiva was a central element in the town, both religiously and economically. Built on a cobble-stone paved street, the large stone building of the yeshiva had six windows along each side to allow ample light for continuous learning and contained rows of benches and lecterns. Two ovens at either end warmed the building in winter.