Rabbi Ephraim Mordechai Levin to Succeed His Father as Rosh Yeshiva of Telze Chicago - We Must Ask - Is The Son The Most Qualified Person For The Job?

A Yeshiva Built With Public Funds - Does The Family Get To Choose Who Leads The Yeshiva? Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz ztvk"l said a resounding no!

This is not a new thought - The same question was asked of the yeshiva in Volozhin.

 

CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP: A FAMILY AFFAIR

 
After Rabbi Hayyim’s death in 1821, the leadership of the institution was taken over by his son, Rabbi Yitzhak Berlin (1780-1849). For the next decades, the yeshiva remained a family business. Rabbi Yitzhak’s death caused his son-in-law, R. Eliezer Yitzhak (1809-1853) to become rosh yeshiva and when he died, the mantle of leadership passed to his younger son in-law, Naftali Zevi Yehuda Berlin, the Netziv who governed it for four decades.

 

 

 Secular Studies & Volozhin - The Entire Story!

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/volozhin-the-rise-and-demise-of-the-mother-of-all-yeshivas/