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yeshiva¹
- /jəˈʃiː.və/ US
Where it comes from
From Yiddish ישיבה (yeshive), from Hebrew יְשִׁיבָה (y'shivá, “sitting”).
noun yeshivas · yeshivot · yeshiba · yeshibah · yeshivah · eshiba
- An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts. Nonetheless, in 1976, after graduating with a B.A. in religious studies, he entered Yale's doctoral program in the same department. A year later, he left Yale to study Talmud in a Manhattan yeshiva.
Yeshiva²
noun Yeshivas · Yeshivot
- Alternative letter-case form of yeshiva
Translations
Talk about this word "yeshiva." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yeshiva. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. yeshiva. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yeshiva "yeshiva." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yeshiva.Cite this
@misc{yeshiva_2026,
title = {yeshiva},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yeshiva},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
