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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Hebrew
Origin: yeshibhah

yeshiva

 noun
     
Related topics: Judaism
ye‧shi‧va , yeshivah [countable]
RRJ a school for Jewish students, where they can train to become rabbis (=religious leaders)
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