Vilna Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary

The Vilna Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary was a controversial Russian state-sponsored institution to train Jewish teachers and rabbis, located in Vilna, Russian Empire.

[1] The school taught secular studies, unlike the traditional cheders and yeshivas.

"[1] The school taught German language, Hebrew language, Hebrew Bible, Talmud,[2] algebra, geometry, trigonometry, physics, astronomy, world history, Russian history, Russian language, geography, and handwriting and drawing.

[3] Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, a major figure of the Mussar movement who then lived in Vilna, was pressured to lead the seminary.

[5] In 1872, a secret Narodnik[6] study group was formed[7] by Aaron Zundelevich.

Pylimo Street No. 22 D - The building of the former rabbinical seminary in Vilnius