In the course of the 1929 Palestine riots , 24 of the yeshiva 's students had been killed and many were injured . Sarna succeeded in reestablishing the yeshiva in Jerusalem . He renamed it " Hebron " , in memory of those who were massacred in that city . While Rabbi Leib Chasman , the yeshiva 's mashgiach , dedicated himself to encouraging the students , Sarna took the task of fund raising for the yeshiva , traveling extensively , even making several trips to the United States . In a letter to Rabbi Isaac Sher of Slabodka , he wrote , " The first weeks were very difficult , since the students were both destitute and despondent . But by the 15th of Elul , they returned to themselves , and by Rosh Hashana , the yeshiva began to function in full force . " When his father-in-law , Rabbi Moshe Mordechai , died in 1933 , four years after the Hebron Massacre , Rav Yechezkel was officially appointed '' rosh yeshiva '' of Hebron
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
Yechezkel Sarna