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Noun

Yeshiva ‎(plural Yeshivas or Yeshivot)

1. Alternative letter-case form of yeshiva

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Alternative forms

• yeshivah

Noun

yeshiva ‎(plural yeshivas or yeshivot)

1. (Judaism) An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.
   • 2015, Will Self, ‘Diary’, London Review of Books, vol. 37 no.5:

     Shalom grew up in an Orthodox family in Stamford Hill. His father, who ran an office-furniture business, intended him for a synagogue cantor, and when Shalom finished school he was sent to the yeshiva.

Derived terms

• rosh yeshiva

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