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A yeshiva (/ jəˈʃiːvə /; Hebrew: ישיבה, lit. 'sitting'; pl. ישיבות, yeshivot or yeshivos) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel.
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According totradition, the institution of the yeshivapredates even the giving of the Torah. Shem and Eber (Noah’s son and great-grandson)led a yeshiva, in which Abraham,1 Isaac,2 andJacob3 allstudied. Accordingly, before Jacob and his clan relocated to Egypt, he sentJudah to establish a yeshiva thereas well.4 After theTorah was given, the yeshiva w...
Throughoutthe 19th century, a new wave of yeshivotopened in Central and Eastern Europe. With official staff, curricula, andstudy halls, they infused Torah study with purpose, dedication, and pride.Notable examples include the Volozhin Yeshiva—a template which was duplicatedall over Lithuania, and the Pressburg Yeshiva—in what is now Bratislava—whic...
Mesivta: The Aramaic word for yeshiva is metivta (or mesivta inAshkenazi pronunciation). In many circles, mesivtamay be used as a proper noun as part of the name of a given yeshiva, but it is not used as ageneric term referring to a place of Torah study. In Chabad parlance, mesivta refers to a yeshiva ketanah(“small yeshiva”) for high school studen...
Rosh Yeshiva: The “head of the academy,” the rosh yeshiva may teach all students oronly the more accomplished scholars. Mashgiach: The “supervisor” is responsible for the performance andwellbeing of yeshiva students.In some yeshivot, the mashgiachmay address the studentsregularly. Mashpia: Inthe Chabad yeshiva system,many of the responsibilities as...
Moses Muenz (Minz) opened a yeshiva at Poznan (Poland), and R. Joseph Colon at Pavia (Italy). R. Jacob Pollak of Nuremberg moved first to Prague and then to krakow, students flocking to him wherever he went.
Aug 21, 2024 · The first yeshiva in the United States was ʿEtz Ḥayyim of New York (1886), modelled after that in Volozhin. It developed into the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Yeshiva (1896), which in turn became Yeshiva College in 1928 and Yeshiva University in 1945.
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To protect what was left of the Jewish community, a young Polish woman named Sarah Schneirer, opened the first school for Jewish girls in the 1920’s. She was backed by many of the greatest Chassidic, Lithuanian and German Torah leaders of the time.
In 1897 the Lubavitch Yeshiva system was founded in the town of Lubavitch in White Russia. The distinguishing feature of the Lubavitch Yeshiva was and remains its concern for spiritual values. This leads to an inclusive outlook on society: seeing the links which join, rather than the divisions which divide.
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The institution of yeshiva, or metivta, is a national Jewish treasure in which the soul of the nation resides, a source of living waters for the preservation of the Jewish nation in the form and character unique to it alone.
