though hasidic in nature, the yeshivas did not promote radomsker hasidism, nor were students and staff exclusively radomsker hasidim. (in sosnowiec, for example, the rosh yeshiva was a ger hasid.) each yeshiva had its own rosh yeshiva and initially studied its own "masechta" (section of the talmud); later, all the yeshivas studied the same "masechta" at the same time. to encourage a high level of learning, the yeshiva network also produced its own torah journal containing the best "chidushim" (original torah thoughts) by students, together with "shiurim" by the rosh yeshivas. the radomsker rebbe paid for the entire operation, including staff salaries, food, and student lodging, out of his own pocket.