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yeshivah

yeshivah

9.9
A school where people study Jewish religious books, especially the Talmud
  • noun
  • /jəˈʃivə/
translation icon : yeshivá
  • She attended a prestigious yeshivah known for its rigorous curriculum focused on religious studies.

Examples

  • The scholars at the yeshivah engage in intensive discussions about ancient Jewish texts every day.

  • After years of studying, he finally decided to enroll in a yeshivah to deepen his understanding of the Talmud.

  • The yeshivah system has bred within us a mindset of looking for shortcuts, of how to game the system.

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Synonyms

yeshiva
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11 9.6

A school where people study Jewish holy books to train as rabbis

focuses on advanced textual study without implying rabbinic training

Surface Forms

yeshivah singular
yeshivahs plural

Etymology

Yeshivah comes from the Hebrew root yashav ('to sit'), because students and scholars used to sit together to study. So a yeshivah is literally a place for 'sitting' to learn and became the name for a school for deep study of Jewish texts such as the Talmud.