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A coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of Volozhin Yeshiva may be issued in Belarus.

The Jewish religious union of Belarus has asked the State Committee on religion and ethnic affairs of Belarus to solicit the National Bank to issue a coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of Volozhin Yeshiva.
The President of the Union Yuriy Dorn has said in an interview to the "Blagovest-info" agency that the coin of 39mm in diameter is meant to be made out of the silver 925 in the circulation quantity of 5,000 pieces. Mr. Dorn thinks the commemorating issue will "contribute to developing tourism and pilgrimage to Belarus, as well as to popularizing Jewish cultural values". "This will be the first coin of Belarus to carry the image of a Jewish religious shrine", stressed Yuriy Dorn.
The President of the Jewish Religious Union also said that Volozhin Yeshiva, which had been situated in a suburb of Minsk, had been the first East European higher learning institute for rabbis. "Rabbis who would later lead Jewish communities of 32 countries of the world graduated from the Yeshiva", noticed Mr. Dorn.

Источник: religio.ru