Definitions for Yeshiva

Yeshiva ye·shi·va

Spelling: [yuh-shee-vuh]
IPA: /yəˈʃi və/

Yeshiva is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in Yeshiva (aehisvy).

Definitions for Yeshiva

noun

  1. an Orthodox Jewish school for the religious and secular education of children of elementary school age.
  2. an Orthodox Jewish school of higher instruction in Jewish learning, chiefly for students preparing to enter the rabbinate.

Origin of Yeshiva

1925-30; Hebrew (post-Biblical) yəshībhāh literally, a sitting

Examples for Yeshiva

I was hooked, addicted to what I understood to be real life, a life that awaited me outside my yeshiva walls.

Lisa Goldman apparently attended a yeshiva University event this week at which I was a panelist.

I had the classic upbringing in the yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning.

If yeshiva University isn't mainstream modern Orthodoxy, well then I'm not sure what is.

None of the hawkish yeshiva supporter apparently believed that it was worthwhile to actually show up.

Two years ago, an image circulated of three yeshiva boys screaming at a frightened elderly Palestinian woman.

One wonders how the media will react to the next pro-Israel uproar at yeshiva University.

He recalls “there was a group who had come from the yeshiva,” but “often they were uncomfortable… they felt sidelined.”

The yeshiva would later threaten to end her education if she refused appointments with Weberman.

Some 22 students from the yeshiva have restraining orders to stay out of the yeshiva or out of the W. Bank altogether.

Word Value for Yeshiva
Scrable

16

Words with friends

15

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