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also madrassah
or madrasah
as in yeshivah
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On Sunday, Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani offered a more moderate statement at a madrassa in Kabul, urging Taliban leaders to avoid imposing their will on the Afghan people.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
And this year the U.N. reported that the Taliban is, once again, aiding and abetting Al Qaeda, which now runs eight training camps and five madrassas in Afghanistan.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2024
Admission to the Biennale, which will be spread out among the mosques and madrassas for which Bukhara is known, will be free.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Sep. 2024
Uncle continued to act so nicely that even the pupils at the madrassa agreed that a change of some kind had occurred.
—Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
And this year the U.N. reported that the Taliban is, once again, aiding and abetting Al Qaeda, which now runs eight training camps and five madrassas in Afghanistan.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2024
Admission to the Biennale, which will be spread out among the mosques and madrassas for which Bukhara is known, will be free.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Sep. 2024
Uncle continued to act so nicely that even the pupils at the madrassa agreed that a change of some kind had occurred.
—Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madrassa
yeshiva
Noun
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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
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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
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“Madrassa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madrassa. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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