yeshiva
see also: Yeshiva
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /jəˈʃiː.və/
Noun

yeshiva (plural yeshivas)

  1. (Judaism) An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.
    • 2015, Will Self, ‘Diary’, London Review of Books, vol. 37 no.5:
      Shalom grew up in an Orthodox family in Stamford Hill. His father, who ran an office-furniture business, intended him for a synagogue cantor, and when Shalom finished school he was sent to the yeshiva.
Translations
  • French: yeshiva
  • German: Jeschiwa
  • Russian: еши́ва

Yeshiva
Noun

yeshiva (plural Yeshivas)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of yeshiva



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