Yeshiva

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A yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution devoted primarily to the intensive study of traditional religious texts, especially the Torah and Talmud.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yeshiva canonical 1
yeshivot 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish educational institution
religious school
associatedWithCommunity Haredi Jews
surface form: Haredi Judaism

Modern Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
associatedWithReligion Judaism
developedFrom Talmudic academies in Babylonia
medieval Ashkenazic and Sephardic study halls
educationalLevel advanced Torah study
post-secondary religious education
secondary religious education
emphasizesPractice daily prayer services
ethical character development
observance of mitzvot
focusesOnText Halakha
Talmud
Torah
rabbinic literature
hasCurriculumComponent Chumash study
Gemara study
Mussar
surface form: Jewish ethics (Mussar)

Halakha
surface form: Jewish law (Halakha)

Jewish philosophy
Mishnah study
hasGeographicDistribution Australia
Canada
Europe
Israel
South America
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasHistoricalOrigin rabbinic academies of late antiquity
hasInstitutionalRole providing advanced Torah scholarship
strengthening religious observance
training rabbis
training religious educators
hasOrganizationalStructure headed by a rosh yeshiva
hasPrimaryFocus study of traditional Jewish religious texts
hasStaffRole mashgiach ruchani
ram (Talmud instructor)
rosh yeshiva
hasStudentGenderModel men-only
separate-gender programs
women-only (midrasha or seminary)
hasSubtype baal teshuva yeshiva
hesder yeshiva
high school yeshiva
kollel (for married men)
yeshiva gedola (for older students)
yeshiva ketana (for younger boys)
typicalLanguageOfStudy Aramaic
Hebrew
usesStudyMethod chavruta study
shiur (formal lecture)

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Beit midrash relatedConcept Yeshiva
Tractate Beitzah isStudiedIn Yeshiva
this entity surface form: yeshivot