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yeshiva

An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts

A seminary of Jewish studies

a school for Jewish students, where they can train to become rabbis (=religious leaders) (yeshibhah). Academy of higher Talmudic learning. Through its biblical and legal exegesis and application of scripture, the yeshiva has defined and regulated Judaism for centuries. Traditionally, it is the setting for the training and ordination of rabbis. Following the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, a series of yeshivas were set up around the Levant to codify and explain centuries of Jewish scholarship. In medieval times, yeshivas flourished in Europe wherever there were large populations of Jews. The first yeshiva in the U.S., Etz ayyim (1886), later became Yeshiva University (1945)

Torah academy; Jewish day school

Jewish religious seminary

(n ) Religious school; rabbinical school: She was just accepted to yeshiva and will spend her first year studying in Israel

{i} religious learning institution (Judaism)

A Jewish School Of Learning

Traditional rabbinical school for the study of Talmud (q v )

an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)

An academy for study of the Talmud