yeshiva
noun
an Orthodox Jewish school for the religious and secular education of children of elementary school age.
yeshivah
-
a variation of
yeshiva.
Example Sentences
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The funniest moment on the trail yesterday might have been when Kasich told the story of Joseph to yeshivah students in Borough Park. "And that’s how the Jews got to Egypt," he said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2016
Typically yeshivah is the word for boys’ schools.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2015
The younger, who is 18 and studying at a yeshivah, called his father, shaken.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2015
Schwartz was studying at a yeshivah in Beit Shemesh, an Israeli community west of Jerusalem.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2015
“I heard once about a girl who disguised herself as a boy and went into a yeshivah to study Torah. I do not believe it.”
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
