This school was established in 1920 under the auspices of the Mizrachi. It was a higher education religious institution, combining the features of a yeshivah and a modern university (an academy). Its rector was Majer Bałaban, while the position of the Head of Talmudic Studies was held by Mojżesz Sołowiejczyk. Secular education took the form of a humanities-based university programme. Graduates received rabbinic certification and were eligible to enrol in the Humanities programme or the Oriental Studies programme at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The curriculum of the facility was approved by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education, which enabled the school to receive financial support from the state. The Jewish community, on the other hand, perceived the Tachkemoni School as lesser than the most important yeshivot operating in the country. The facility experienced difficulties following the conflict between the school’s two founders, both of whom eventually resigned – Sołowiejczyk in 1929 and Bałaban in 1930. This undermined the position of the school, which nonetheless continued to operate until the end of the 1930s.

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• Księga adresowa Polski: przemysłu, handlu, finansów, szkolnictwa, wolnych zawodów i organizacji społecznych: rok 1937, Warsaw 1937, p. 624.