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yeshivah

yeshivah is the alternative spelling of yeshiva.

Meaning of yeshiva

Noun

yeshiva (plural yeshivas or yeshivot)

  1. (Judaism) An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts.
    • Nonetheless, in 1976, after graduating with a B.A. in religious studies, he entered Yale's doctoral program in the same department. A year later, he left Yale to study Talmud in a Manhattan yeshiva.1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2020

Forms of yeshivah

pluralyeshivahs
pluralyeshivoth

Questions about yeshivah

What is yeshivah the alternative spelling of?
Yeshivah is the alternative spelling of yeshiva.

Words near yeshivah in the dictionary

  1. yeshibah
  2. yeshibahs
  3. yeshibas
  4. yeshiva
  5. Yeshiva English
  6. yeshivah
  7. yeshivahs
  8. yeshivas
  9. yeshivish
  10. yeshivos
  11. yeshivot

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