a Jewish school or academy where students study religious texts like the Torah and learn Jewish traditions.
From Hebrew 'yeshivah' meaning a place where one sits or dwells. The term refers to the practice of sitting together to study sacred texts, with roots in medieval Jewish educational tradition.
Yeshivas have operated continuously for over a thousand years, creating one of history's longest unbroken educational traditions—some students today study in institutions founded in medieval times.
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