yeshiva
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- noun
- /jəˈʃivə/
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yeshivá
- She'd been raised Orthodox and had gone to a yeshiva as a girl.
- a religious yeshiva
- a Jewish yeshiva
- a yeshiva school
Some of these rabbis have their own yeshivas, these Talmudic academies where they teach the Talmud all day long.
- Some of these rabbis have their own yeshivas, these Talmudic academies where they teach the Talmud all day long.
Examples
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"Your grandfather once walked thirty miles so he could study at the best yeshiva in Russia," said Amir.
Fiction book (1993) -
When he was a kid he excelled at studying the Talmud in Yeshiva.
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When my mother let me leave the yeshiva, it nearly broke her.
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I learned something in the yeshiva that will, I think, serve me well.
Fiction book (1998) -
"The doctor has been working hard to save lives," a young yeshiva student said.
Fiction book (1993) -
We studied in the yeshiva and I had some really, really great teachers, thank God.
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But I attended the Yeshiva in Berlin, and I studied the Talmud.
Fiction book (2001) -
My father had been a student at the famous Telz Yeshiva in Telsiai, Lithuania.
Fiction book (1991) -
Some of these rabbis have their own yeshivas, these Talmudic academies where they teach the Talmud all day long.
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During his years at the yeshiva, he gained a deep understanding of Jewish law and philosophy.
Synonyms
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A school where people train to become priests, ministers, rabbis, or other religious leaders
A school where people study Jewish religious books, especially the Talmud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yeshiva comes from the Hebrew root y-sh-v, which means 'to sit'. It was originally a place where people 'sit' together to study, so a yeshiva is a school for advanced Jewish study and for training rabbis.