yeshiva
pronunciation
How to pronounce yeshiva in British English:
UK [jəˈʃi:və]
How to pronounce yeshiva in American English:
US [jə'ʃivə]
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- Noun:
- an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)
Word Origin
- yeshiva (n.)
- "Orthodox Jewish college or seminary," 1851, from Hebrew yesibah "academy," literally "a sitting," from yashav "to sit."
Example
- 1. Orthodoxy awakens : the belkin era and yeshiva university .
- 2. Will the yeshiva world ever quit smoking ?
- 3. It was this economic reality , plus the inherent injustice of the large-scale exemptions for yeshiva students , that lay behind the high court 's ruling .
- 4. Says rabbi moshe tendler , professor of both biology and biblical law at yeshiva university in new york city : " I can make myself an albert ehistein , and he may turn out to be a drug addict . "
- 5. The researchers , from albert einstein college of medicine of yeshiva university , said women were more likely than men to take supplements and the proportion taking them went up after the age of 30 .