noun
yeshiva
yuh-SHEE-vuh/jəˈʃiːvə/
A Jewish school devoted to studying religious texts and law.
Students at the yeshiva study religious texts with their teacher.
Etymology
Hebrew yesibah, literally “a sitting,” also meant “academy” and comes from a verb meaning “to sit.” Its institutional meaning survives in yeshiva as a school devoted to Jewish religious learning.
In context
there became three schools of Musar that followed after Yros Salanter. was by his great student Ziv who started a yeshiva in Kelm
More examples
- The yeshiva’s students debated a passage of Jewish law.
- She visited the library of the yeshiva.
- The community helped fund the new yeshiva building.
Forms
yeshiva · yeshivas
Similar words
- seminary
- A seminary trains religious students; a yeshiva specifically centers on Jewish religious learning.