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Born in the town of Kletzek, Minsk Region (White Russia) on ~~the 5th of Elul 1936~~ to his father, Rabbi Meir Moshe (a rabbinical rabbi, son of the rabbi of the community, Rabbi Elimelech, and grandson and great-grandson of the Gaon of the ''Penim ~~Me'irot~~'' book) and his mother, Matla-Ribka, who knew the Hebrew language and was well-versed in Talmudic literature. In his childhood Yehoshua became known as a prodigy; ~~his Torah novelties marked the beginning of the~~ modern Hebrew ~~criticism~~, and when his family moved to ~~live in~~ Vilna, he prepared himself to study in a Russian gymnasium, but due to his father’s opposition he ~~withdrew from~~ this plan.

Born in the town of Kletzek, Minsk Region (White Russia) on August 20, 1855 to his father, Rabbi Meir Moshe (a rabbinical rabbi, son of the rabbi of the community, Rabbi Elimelech, and grandson and great-grandson of the Gaon of the ''Penim Me’irot'' book) and his mother, Matla-Ribka, who knew the Hebrew language and was well-versed in Talmudic literature. In his childhood Yehoshua became known as a prodigy, a scholar of Torah novellæ; he began reading modern Hebrew literature, and when his family moved to Vilna, he prepared himself to study at a Russian gymnasium, but due to his father’s opposition, he abandoned this plan.

At the age of 16, he married a woman. He successfully engaged in commerce, railroad construction contracting, and banking. He also engaged in charitable and benevolent associations and aspired to work for the settlement of Jews on land in Russia, in order to improve their economic and political status. However, the disturbances that broke out in Russia turned him towards Zion and he liquidated his businesses and on June 7, 1897 He arrived in Israel.

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	Born in the town of Kletzek, Minsk Region (White Russia) on ~~the 5th of Elul 1936~~ to his father, Rabbi Meir Moshe (a rabbinical rabbi, son of the rabbi of the community, Rabbi Elimelech, and grandson and great-grandson of the Gaon of the ''Penim ~~Me'irot~~'' book) and his mother, Matla-Ribka, who knew the Hebrew language and was well-versed in Talmudic literature. In his childhood Yehoshua became known as a prodigy; ~~his Torah novelties marked the beginning of the~~ modern Hebrew ~~criticism~~, and when his family moved to ~~live in~~ Vilna, he prepared himself to study in a Russian gymnasium, but due to his father’s opposition he ~~withdrew from~~ this plan.		Born in the town of Kletzek, Minsk Region (White Russia) on August 20, 1855 to his father, Rabbi Meir Moshe (a rabbinical rabbi, son of the rabbi of the community, Rabbi Elimelech, and grandson and great-grandson of the Gaon of the ''Penim Me’irot'' book) and his mother, Matla-Ribka, who knew the Hebrew language and was well-versed in Talmudic literature. In his childhood Yehoshua became known as a prodigy, a scholar of Torah novellæ; he began reading modern Hebrew literature, and when his family moved to Vilna, he prepared himself to study at a Russian gymnasium, but due to his father’s opposition, he abandoned this plan.

	At the age of 16, he married a woman. He successfully engaged in commerce, railroad construction contracting, and banking. He also engaged in charitable and benevolent associations and aspired to work for the settlement of Jews on land in Russia, in order to improve their economic and political status. However, the disturbances that broke out in Russia turned him towards Zion and he liquidated his businesses and on June 7, 1897 He arrived in Israel.		At the age of 16, he married a woman. He successfully engaged in commerce, railroad construction contracting, and banking. He also engaged in charitable and benevolent associations and aspired to work for the settlement of Jews on land in Russia, in order to improve their economic and political status. However, the disturbances that broke out in Russia turned him towards Zion and he liquidated his businesses and on June 7, 1897 He arrived in Israel.