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yeshivaAcademy 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). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Rabbi Elisha Aviner, a teacher at the Ma'ale Adumim yeshivah and pulpit rabbi of a large modern Orthodox congregation in the settlement's Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood, predicts that the disengagement will "crush the dynamism and spirit" of religious Zionism. Rabbi Weiler taught yeshiva students for 23 years at Yeshivah Tifereth Yerushalaim on the Lower East Side and later at Torah Vo 'Daath in Brooklyn. Podell is a graduate of the Yeshivah of Flatbush and an alumnus of St. |
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