In 1924 , Rabbi Epstein , the Alter , and most of the yeshiva , relocated to Hebron , in what was then British Mandate for Palestine . The yeshiva thrived for five years in Hebron as it had in Lithuania . In 1926 he visited the United States to raise fund for the yeshiva . In late August 1929 , Arab mobs , incited by the antisemitic Mufti of Jerusalem , swarmed the yeshiva , killing 68 Jews and wounding many more , in an event now known as the 1929 Hebron massacre . In the aftermath , the British authorities evacuated the rest of the Jewish community . The yeshiva was relocated to the Geula section of Jerusalem , and was renamed Yeshivas Chevron . In 1975 , Yeshivas Chevron moved to its current location in Givat Mordechai
1929 Hebron massacre
1929 Hebron massacre
Moshe Mordechai Epstein