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yeshiva

Academy of higher Talmudic learning. Through its biblical and legal exegesis and application of scripture, the yeshiva has defined and regulated Judaism for centuries. Traditionally, it is the setting for the training and ordination of rabbis. Following the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, a series of yeshivas were set up around the Levant to codify and explain centuries of Jewish scholarship. In medieval times, yeshivas flourished in Europe wherever there were large populations of Jews. The first yeshiva in the U.S., 'Etz Hayyim (1886), later became Yeshiva University (1945).
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Memorial contributions may be made to Yeshiva Achei Timimim, 22 Newton Ave.
John Lubin, 56 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
[CDATA[ Barak's warnings regarding the hesder yeshivas are 'a gun without bullets,' Likud politician and writer Boaz HaEtzni says.
Nationalist Spokesman: Barak Bluffing on Hesder by Arutz Sheva/Israel National News (Beit El, Israel)
An umbrella organisation for yeshivas whose students serve in the army said in a statement on Wednesday that it was "opposed to political demonstrations in the heart of the army that put in peril the army's foundations and the social unity at the core of the army.
Israeli army warns rabbis in bid to avert soldiers revolt by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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