Beit midrash

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Jewish educational institution Religious building Study hall

A beit midrash is a Jewish study hall dedicated to the intensive learning and interpretation of Torah and rabbinic texts.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Beit midrash canonical 2
Yeshiva 2
Beit Midrash (house of study) 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish educational institution ⓘ
Religious building ⓘ
Study hall ⓘ
associatedWith Halakhic decision-making ⓘ
Beit midrash self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Limmud Torah

Responsa literature ⓘ
Torah lishmah ⓘ
centralTo Kollel framework ⓘ
Traditional rabbinic scholarship ⓘ
Yeshiva education ⓘ
contains Commentaries on Tanakh ⓘ
Halakhic codes ⓘ
Jewish philosophy texts ⓘ
Midrashic collections ⓘ
Mussar literature ⓘ
Responsa volumes ⓘ
Sifrei Torah ⓘ
Talmud sets ⓘ
developedIn Late Second Temple period ⓘ
Talmudic era ⓘ
educationalMethod Chevruta study pairs ⓘ
Group discussion ⓘ
Independent study ⓘ
Shiurim ⓘ
hasHebrewName בית מדרש ⓘ
hasLiteralMeaning house of study ⓘ
hasTypicalFeature Aron kodesh ⓘ
Bookshelves filled with Jewish texts ⓘ
Lectern or bimah ⓘ
Noise from active discussion ⓘ
Open study space ⓘ
Shelves of Talmud volumes ⓘ
Shelves of commentaries ⓘ
Shelves of halakhic codes ⓘ
Shtenders ⓘ
Tables and benches for study ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Ancient rabbinic academies ⓘ
Talmudic batei midrash ⓘ
languageOfStudy Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Local vernacular ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
locatedIn Jewish community center ⓘ
Jewish day school ⓘ
Kollel building ⓘ
Synagogue complex ⓘ
Yeshiva campus ⓘ
practicedBy Conservative Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Conservative Jews

Haredi Jews ⓘ
Hasidism ⓘ
surface form: Hasidic Jews

Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Orthodox Jews

Reform Jews ⓘ
Religious Zionism ⓘ
surface form: Religious Zionists
relatedConcept Beit din ⓘ
Beit knesset ⓘ
Kollel ⓘ
Synagogue ⓘ
Yeshiva ⓘ
religiousFunction Formation of rabbinic leadership ⓘ
Fulfillment of mitzvah of Torah study ⓘ
Preservation of oral tradition ⓘ
Transmission of Jewish law ⓘ
timeOfUse Daytime ⓘ
Jewish festivals ⓘ
Nighttime ⓘ
Shabbat ⓘ
Weekdays ⓘ
usedFor Chevruta learning ⓘ
Public lectures ⓘ
Rabbinic training ⓘ
Religious discussion ⓘ
Sermon preparation ⓘ
Study of halakha ⓘ
Study of rabbinic literature ⓘ
Talmud study ⓘ
Textual interpretation ⓘ
Torah study ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rabbinic Judaism → hasConcept → Beit midrash ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism → hasConcept → Beit midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yeshiva
Rabbinic Judaism → centralInstitution → Beit midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yeshiva
Beit midrash → associatedWith → Beit midrash self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Limmud Torah
Beth Medrash Govoha → namedAfter → Beit midrash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beit Midrash (house of study)
Beit knesset → relatedConcept → Beit midrash ⓘ