Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An institute of learning where students study sacred texts, primarily the Talmud.
- noun An elementary or secondary school with a curriculum that includes religion and culture as well as general education.
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- noun Judaism An
academy for the advanced study ofJewish texts .
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- noun an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In early March, the yeshiva was attacked by a Palestinian gunman who killed eight students, mainly teenagers, in a library.
Unforgiven 2008
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In early March, the yeshiva was attacked by a Palestinian gunman who killed eight students, mainly teenagers, in a library.
Unforgiven 2008
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‘The attack at the yeshiva was a barbaric murder of eight children who were engaged in religious study,’ read an op-ed in the daily Al-Watan.
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‘The attack at the yeshiva was a barbaric murder of eight children who were engaged in religious study,’ read an op-ed in the daily Al-Watan.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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‘The attack at the yeshiva was a barbaric murder of eight children who were engaged in religious study,’ read an op-ed in the daily Al-Watan.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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First, as far as I know, they do not see themselves as a yeshiva, which is why their name is Mechon Machon?
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Aviner is a rabbi from the terrorist Ateret Cohanim yeshiva, which is part of the "jewish underground" of extremist and murderous squatters in the West Bank.
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The yeshiva is the main growth engine of the settlement, attracting students who put down roots.
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Volunteers have also raised funds from synagogues in the US, for the “special aim of the yeshiva which is to attract more young Jewish families by strengthening and maintaining the Zionist Jewish character of this ancient Jewish city.”
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Volunteers have also raised funds from synagogues in the US, for the “special aim of the yeshiva which is to attract more young Jewish families by strengthening and maintaining the Zionist Jewish character of this ancient Jewish city.”
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