yeshiva
noun
ye·shi·va
yə-ˈshē-və 
variants
or less commonly yeshivah
plural yeshivas or yeshivot
yə-ˌshē-ˈvōt
-ˈvōth
1
: a school for talmudic study
2
: an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary
3
: a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction
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My colleagues Eliza Shapiro and Brian M. Rosenthal write that the move is one that many Hasidic leaders — and even critics of the yeshiva system — doubted the state would ever take.
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James Barron, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Natasha Cohen, who lives around the block from where the vandalism took place, is also accused of leaving a brick with a swastika drawn on it atop the Tesla outside a yeshiva on Ditmas Ave.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The TASOs prohibited Herzfeld from engaging in various activities in certain sections of Washington, including the neighborhood surrounding his own yeshiva.
—Steven Lieberman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
But don’t expect sprawling, High School Musical–esque song-and-dance numbers at the yeshiva; in Yentl, every song functions as a monologue, during which our heroine privately reckons with the loneliness and absurdity of her situation.
—Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
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James Barron, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Natasha Cohen, who lives around the block from where the vandalism took place, is also accused of leaving a brick with a swastika drawn on it atop the Tesla outside a yeshiva on Ditmas Ave.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
The TASOs prohibited Herzfeld from engaging in various activities in certain sections of Washington, including the neighborhood surrounding his own yeshiva.
—Steven Lieberman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
But don’t expect sprawling, High School Musical–esque song-and-dance numbers at the yeshiva; in Yentl, every song functions as a monologue, during which our heroine privately reckons with the loneliness and absurdity of her situation.
—Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Yeshiva.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeshiva. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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yeshiva
noun
ye·shi·va
variants
also yeshivah
plural yeshivas or yeshivot
-ˌshē-ˈvōt(h)
: a Jewish school especially for religious instruction
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