Despite his family privation , Schwadron developed into a Torah scholar of note . By the age of 18 he was learning 700 pages of Gemara every semester at the Hebron yeshiva , which had relocated to Jerusalem after the 1929 Hebron massacre . In the seven years that he studied at Hebron yeshiva , he became the '' talmid muvhak '' ( close student ) of the mashgiach ruchani , Rabbi Leib Chasman . He also studied under Rabbi Elya Lopian , Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein , and Rabbi Meir Chodosh
1929 Hebron massacre
1929 Hebron massacre
Sholom Schwadron