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Type Words
Synonyms yeshivah
Type of academy

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In the late 1700s, Mikulov had 620 Jewish families, a yeshiva and 12 synagogues.
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He and his friends studied the records like yeshiva students poring over Talmud.
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In Cleveland, the yeshiva is officially titled the Rabbinical College of Telshe.
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She left the yeshiva after three years, and eventually attended public schools.
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He left Fes for Spain, eventually becoming head of the yeshiva in Lucena in 1089.
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It also housed part of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva, the largest yeshiva in Jerusalem.
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Yeshiva did cut down on its unforced errors in the second game, committing six.
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They pray daily in the yeshiva, but they follow their impulses in the bedroom.
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One yeshiva in Gush Katif refused to celebrate Israeli independence day this year.
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  • An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)
  • Yeshiva (/ju0259u02C8u0283iu02D0vu0259/; Hebrew: u05D9u05E9u05D9u05D1u05D4u200Eu200E, lit. "sitting"; pl. u05D9u05E9u05D9u05D1u05D5u05EA, yeshivot) is a Jewish institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim (lectures or classes) and in study pairs called chavrutas (Aramaic for "friendship" or "companionship")...
  • The Yeshiva is a two volume fiction book written by Chaim Grade in Yiddish and published in 1967 and 1968, and translated into English by Curt Leviant.
  • Religious school; rabbinical school: She was just accepted to yeshiva and will spend her first year studying in Israel.
  • An institution unique to classical Judaism for study of its traditional, central texts. These comprise Torah study, the study of Rabbinic literature (especially the Talmud), Responsa for Jewish observance, and alternatively ethical (Mussar) or mystical (Hasidic philosophy) texts.
  • Jewish religous institution of higher learning; while authorized to ordain Orthodox rabbis, frequented by many to study for study's sake, in accordance with Orthodox precepts.
  • An academy of Jewish learning and scholarship. See the Jewish Schools Wiki page.
  • (yuh sheev ah) a school to which Orthodox Jews send their male children. Half of the academic day is spent on Jewish subjects, and the other half on secular subjects. In the novel, Reuven attends a yeshiva that offers more secular classes than Danny's yeshiva does. ...
  • Hebrew Jewish religious school where Torah is studied