yeshiva
or ye·shi·vah
[yuh-shee-vuh]
- an Orthodox Jewish school for the religious and secular education of children of elementary school age.
- an Orthodox Jewish school of higher instruction in Jewish learning, chiefly for students preparing to enter the rabbinate.
Show More
Origin of yeshiva
1925–30; < Hebrew (post-Biblical) yəshībhāh literally, a sitting
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for yeshiva
Contemporary Examples
He recalls “there was a group who had come from the yeshiva,” but “often they were uncomfortable… they felt sidelined.”
Lisa Goldman apparently attended a Yeshiva University event this week at which I was a panelist.
The yeshiva would later threaten to end her education if she refused appointments with Weberman.
If Yeshiva University isn't mainstream modern Orthodoxy, well then I'm not sure what is.
Some 22 students from the yeshiva have restraining orders to stay out of the yeshiva or out of the W. Bank altogether.
yeshiva
- a traditional Jewish school devoted chiefly to the study of rabbinic literature and the Talmud
- a school run by Orthodox Jews for children of primary school age, providing both religious and secular instruction
Show More
Word Origin
from Hebrew yěshībhāh a sitting, seat, hence, an academy
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for yeshiva
n.
"Orthodox Jewish college or seminary," 1851, from Hebrew yesibah "academy," literally "a sitting," from yashav "to sit."
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper