yeshiva

IPA: jɪʃˈivʌ

(Judaism) An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.
Alternative letter-case form of yeshiva [(Judaism) An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.]

Examples of "yeshiva" in Sentences

The yeshiva is the main growth engine of the settlement, attracting students who put down roots.
First, as far as I know, they do not see themselves as a yeshiva, which is why their name is Mechon Machon?
In early March, the yeshiva was attacked by a Palestinian gunman who killed eight students, mainly teenagers, in a library.
‘The attack at the yeshiva was a barbaric murder of eight children who were engaged in religious study,’ read an op-ed in the daily Al-Watan.
Aviner is a rabbi from the terrorist Ateret Cohanim yeshiva, which is part of the "jewish underground" of extremist and murderous squatters in the West Bank.
Volunteers have also raised funds from synagogues in the US, for the “special aim of the yeshiva which is to attract more young Jewish families by strengthening and maintaining the Zionist Jewish character of this ancient Jewish city.”