yeshiva

noun

ye·​shi·​va yə-ˈshē-və 

variants or less commonly yeshivah

plural yeshivas or yeshivot yə-ˌshē-ˈvōt 

-ˈvōth

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The Nisanov’s are prominent members of the Queens’ Bukharian Jewish community, and Rachel spent all of her schooling years at Bnos Malka Academy, an all-girls yeshiva in Forest Hills, the Miami Herald reported. —Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025

Both girls attended Bnos Malka Academy, an all-girls yeshiva in Forest Hills about two and a half miles from the family’s Kew Gardens Hill home. —David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025

Simmons was a Hasidic Orthodox Jew from Israel who found a new faith one fateful day while exiting the yeshiva. —Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 June 2025

What if, as Kagan asked, a Hasidic community wants its charter yeshiva to be free to teach Talmud without having to comply with curriculum requirements imposed on other charters? —Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

Late Hebrew yĕshībhāh

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for yeshiva

• gingiva
• oliva
• diva
• iva
• shiva
• viva

Kids Definition

yeshiva

noun

ye·​shi·​va

variants also yeshivah

yə-ˈshē-və 

plural yeshivas or yeshivot -ˌshē-ˈvōt(h) 

: a Jewish school especially for religious instruction