the large number of jews in the city forced joseph tyshkevich to meet them halfway.rade on preferential terms. the descendants of count tyszkiewicz tried to take away these privileges from the jews, which led to a large trial, which. which is surprising for the russian empire, the jews won by defending their rights, however, volozhin gained world fame thanks to its yeshiva or ishibot, because for almost a century and a half the city was the center of european jewish education. this seems to be a small, nondescript building of the volodzhensky ishibot, an educational institution where the talmud was studied. sometimes up to 400 people studied here at the same time; many famous politicians and scientists came from here. the peculiarity of the volozhensky ishibot was that the students here not only studied, but also lived, maintaining the purity of their religious views. founder rabbi chaim bolozhener was able to find sponsors for students and even ensured that they were not drafted into the army. as a result, volozhensky ishibot became the prototype of most similar est