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Where the Talmud is studied
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yeshiva
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) [syn: yeshivah ] [also: yeshivoth (pl), yeshivahs (pl)]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As a young man, Paul had studied at a London yeshiva . ▪ So he went and studied at the yeshiva and slept in the synagogue on the floor and ate meals on charity.
Usage examples of yeshiva.
He detailed the subtle point in Gittin which, so long ago, he had disputed in much the same terms with his clever young cousin, Berel Jastrow, in the noisy study hall of the Oswiecim yeshiva.
If Berel were still alive, he wrote, and if he had been invited into this dispute over page 27A of Gittin, he would have picked up the thread with zest, and argued rings around the yeshiva lads.
Haredim believe that since the beginning of the Diaspora two thousand years ago, the pinnacle of Jewish life and learning was that which was achieved by the great eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century yeshivas and rabbinic dynasties in the Jewish towns and ghettos of Eastern Europe, which were largely isolated from the Gentile world surrounding them.
Born in Israel but raised in America from the age of three, Waldman now resides in Kiryat Arba, in Hebron, where he splits his time between running a yeshiva and working for the ultra-nationalist Tehiya Party, which is dedicated to annexing the West Bank.
Jewish cities, homes of famous yeshivas and eminent Hassidic dynasties-have been recaptured by the Red Army.
Youth House, a yeshiva, and at least four poolrooms and a bowling alley.
He used Chasidim to smuggle in ecstasy from Holland, then laundered the drug money through local yeshivas and businesses of the Chasidim.