Meron Talmud Torah school Kunstanstalt Max Jaffe 1912

PALESTINE "Meron: Talmud Torah schoo" byKunstanstalt Max Jaffe(1877-), Vienna, Austria- well known Viennese printer and publisher."JUEDISCHE ZEITUNG" PUBLISHING COMPANYREAL PHOTOSTONE LITHOGRAPHY Photos Taken by Leo Kahan, a photographer sent to Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel) by the Viennese Yidishe Zeitung newspaper in 1912.size (only photo):10 x 8.4 cmTalmud Torah schools were created in the Jewish world, both Ashkenazic and Sephardic, as a form of public primary school for boys of modest backgrounds, where they were given an elementary education in Hebrew, the Scriptures (especially the Pentateuch), and the Talmud (and Halakhah). This was meant to prepare them for Yeshiva or, particularly in the movement's modern form, for Jewish education at a high school level.