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
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Last week, many Israelis erupted in outrage as 90 yeshiva students flew to Poland to visit the grave of a famous rabbi, while their non-Haredi counterparts were being called up to the front.
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
Teitz, said their yeshiva is the only Jewish house of worship in town, where forty roughly high-school age students attend.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
The modern Yiddish theater was conjured into being in barns and beer halls by Avrom Goldfaden, a yeshiva student turned impresario, in 1870s Romania.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
What To Know The Lawsuit A yeshiva is a Jewish religious school, typically for boys, that focuses on intensive study of sacred texts such as the Torah and Talmud, with varying amounts of general secular education depending on the community.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
Teitz, said their yeshiva is the only Jewish house of worship in town, where forty roughly high-school age students attend.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
The modern Yiddish theater was conjured into being in barns and beer halls by Avrom Goldfaden, a yeshiva student turned impresario, in 1870s Romania.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
What To Know The Lawsuit A yeshiva is a Jewish religious school, typically for boys, that focuses on intensive study of sacred texts such as the Torah and Talmud, with varying amounts of general secular education depending on the community.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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yeshiva
noun
ye·shi·va
variants
also yeshivah
plural yeshivas or yeshivot
-ˌshē-ˈvōt(h)
: a Jewish school especially for religious instruction
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