yeshiva
noun
ye·shi·va
| \ yə-ˈshē-və
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variants:
or less commonly yeshivah
plural yeshivas
or yeshivot\ yə-ˌshē-ˈvōt
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Definition of yeshiva
1
: a school for talmudic study
2
: an Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary
3
: a Jewish day school providing secular and religious instruction
Examples of yeshiva in a Sentence
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Adam Gabay plays Avishay Elbaz, an aimless yeshiva student swept up in the fervor to avenge the murder of the three Jewish students. — Los Angeles Times, "As Trump fans flames on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, HBO’s gripping ‘Our Boys’ leaps into the fire," 22 Aug. 2019 Yaffed was founded by graduates of the yeshiva system and seeks to improve secular education there. — Josefin Dolsten, sun-sentinel.com, "New York Orthodox schools are fighting secular education proposal," 13 Aug. 2019 The small, eight-year-old yeshiva had never before been touched by violence, Brander said, and emphasizes interfaith dialogue. — David M. Halbfinger, BostonGlobe.com, "Yeshiva student found stabbed to death in West Bank," 8 Aug. 2019 In 1949, the country’s founder, David Ben-Gurion, granted them for 400 religious yeshiva students, because so many Jewish scholars had died in the Holocaust. — Washington Post, "How the battle of bra-baring waitresses and ultra-religious protesters explains Israel’s political crisis," 10 June 2019 The New York City Department of Education is investigating whether city yeshivas are meeting standards for secular education. — WSJ, "Corrections & Amplifications," 24 July 2018 Currently, the city hasn’t gained access to six yeshivas. — Katie Honan, WSJ, "State Issues New Curriculum Guidelines in Wake of Yeshiva Probe," 20 Nov. 2018 The schools under the city’s scrutiny are a small percentage of the 275 yeshivas citywide. — Katie Honan, WSJ, "State Issues New Curriculum Guidelines in Wake of Yeshiva Probe," 20 Nov. 2018 There are more than 440 yeshivas in New York state, educating 165,000 students. — Elya Brudny And Yisroel Reisman, WSJ, "New York State Targets Jewish Schools," 13 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'yeshiva.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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yeshiva
noun
English Language Learners Definition of yeshiva
: a Jewish school for religious instruction
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