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Encyclopedia: Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah (IPA: [jəˈʃivə]) (Hebrew: ישיבה pl. yeshivot or yeshivos) is an institution for Torah study and the study of Talmud primarily within Orthodox Judaism and primarily attended by males. Yeshiva is the "generic" name for the entire system of schools that teach Torah, Mishnah and Talmud, to all ages.

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How to say "Yeshiva" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	イェシーバー
	(German)	Jeschiwa
	(French)	Yeshiva

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Moshe Mordechai Epstein

Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein is a Talmudist and the Rosh Yeshiva of the Slabodka Yeshiva. He authored the Levush Moredechai. His friendship with Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Yeshiva's mashgiach ruchani (spiritual counsellor) was well known...

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Slabodka Yeshiva

The Slabodka Yeshiva , known as the mother of Yeshivos, Rabbinical seminaries, was headed by Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, also known as Der Alter of Slabodka. It's Rosh yeshiva was Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein. Among the graduates of the Slabodka Yeshiva were Rabbis Aharon Kotler, Yitzchok Ruderman...

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Rosh yeshiva

A Rosh yeshiva (plural, Roshei yeshiva ) is a rabbi who is the academic "head" ( rosh ) of a yeshiva , a college of higher Talmudic study. He is required to have a vast and penetrating knowledge of... chidushim (novellae) verbally and often in print. Yeshivas play a central role in the life of...

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Sh'or Yoshuv

Sh'or Yoshuv is a yeshiva (Jewish religious college). It was established and based in Far Rockaway, N.Y. for many years, but is now located in Lawrence, N.Y....

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Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz

Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz was an early leader of American Orthodoxy and founder of key institutions of Torah Vodaath, a Yeshiva in Brooklyn, and Torah U'Mesorah, an outreach and educational organization...

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Nosson Zvi Finkel

known by his Yiddish name as the Alter ("elder") and founder of the Slabodka Yeshiva, in the town of... complete student body of the yeshiva. His motto was summed up in the words Gadlut Haadam ("Greatness of Man... yeshiva bochur (yeshiva student) to be associated with the alumni of his institution. The rabbinical...

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Shalom Carmy

Shalom Carmy is a Jewish rabbi; he is a tenured professor of Jewish Studies and Philosophy at Yeshiva University. He is a prominent Modern Orthodox theologian, historian, and philosopher. He received his B.A. and M.S. from Yeshiva University, and received his rabbinic ordination from its...

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a medical school in Bronx, New York. It is part of Yeshiva University, and began classes on September 12, 1955. The first class, in 1955, had 56 students; the school currently admits about 180 students per year. Combined with postgraduate students...

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Beth midrash

for a yeshiva. Structure Generally, there are either benches and lecterns ( shtenders in Yiddish), or... spend a few hours in the beth midrash after the morning prayers. Yeshiva While a beth midrash generally serves a community, it is also the physical abode of a yeshiva (college of higher Jewish study) and...

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