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The Lithuanian method of study (derekh hallimud) came to be perceived as superior to that of the Hungarians, and some parents elected to send their adolescent sons to such yeshivos for a year or two before marriageable age. A few years later, the Hasidim imported the Lithuanian method of study, and yeshivos that mimicked it were established for the Hasidic population.
Hasidopedia: Culture and Institutions, Vol. 1
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