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- toward the religious studies found in the yeshiva, rather than secular academic ... In 1915, Yeshiva College (later Yeshiva University) and its Rabbi ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 11:19, 1 September 2025
- students, such as at New York's Yeshiva University, study some elements ... The entrance requirements for an Orthodox yeshiva include a strong ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 17:43, 30 April 2026
- disciple, Rabbi Chaim Volozhin, founded a yeshiva at Volozhin in 1803, which ... Rabbi Chaim Volozhin, founded the first yeshiva in his home town of Volozhin ...13 KB (1,989 words) - 16:13, 13 February 2024
- He returned to Troyes and founded his own yeshiva in 1067, where his reputation ... of the time, he then went to learn in the yeshiva of Rabbi Yaakov ben Yakar ...21 KB (3,376 words) - 16:28, 20 May 2026
- dubious historicity. Gershom established a yeshiva in Mainz, Germany, which ... for the Jews of the European diaspora. His yeshiva became the leading center ...14 KB (2,372 words) - 17:56, 14 December 2023
- active in Prague, where he established a yeshiva and became known for his ... work, the Gur Aryeh, on a branch of the yeshiva he headed in New York during ...15 KB (2,356 words) - 17:39, 24 February 2025
- hero, rabbi, writer, speaker, Rosh Yeshiva, father, grandfather, husband ... Meir Kahane received rabbinical ordination from the Mir Yeshiva in ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 11:36, 29 April 2025
- 1907, where his father became head of the Yeshiva. After the Yeshiva-building ... * Yentl the Yeshiva Boy (1983) (basis for the movie Yentl) ...18 KB (2,818 words) - 10:36, 30 November 2024
- Jews' College and London's Etz Chaim Yeshiva. ... *Professor of Jewish Thought, Yeshiva University, New York (announced ...46 KB (6,319 words) - 01:31, 7 February 2025
- *Rosh yeshivah—The head and chief lecturer of a yeshiva. *Mashgiach of a yeshiva—An expert in mussar (ethics) who oversees ...32 KB (4,795 words) - 17:45, 24 February 2025
- pursue Talmudic studies in the town's Yeshiva. His father Shlomo, who ... Proceeds from this work go to support a yeshiva in Israel established by ...25 KB (3,747 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- Manoel Dias Soeiro (1604 - November 20, 1657), better known by his Hebrew name Manasseh ben Israel (also spelled "Menasseh"), was a ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 07:01, 29 April 2025
- and by five mastered the Torah. He went to a yeshiva in Piatra Neamţ, eastern Romania at age ten and at 13 studied with one of the major Talmudic ...13 KB (1,934 words) - 01:02, 4 February 2023
- * Rosner, F. 1986. Modern Medicine and Jewish Ethics. New York: Yeshiva University Press. ISBN 0881250910 * Zohar, N. J. 1997. Alternatives in ...12 KB (1,586 words) - 17:53, 31 October 2023
- Jewish education. In 1950, Potok graduated from Yeshiva University with a B.A., summa cum laude, in English Literature. After receiving a master's ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 00:12, 4 December 2023
- Zalman Baruch Melamed, [http://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/shiur.asp?id=4115 "The Anniversary of Rachel's Death,"]. Yeshiva.org ...14 KB (2,238 words) - 15:44, 20 May 2026
- Eliezer Dessler, a student of the Kelm mussar yeshiva and later Mashgiach (spiritual supervisor) of Ponevezh yeshiva. Although he never formally organized ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 08:26, 2 January 2025
- one of the leaders of Modern Orthodoxy and Rosh Yeshiva of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, totally opposed giving semicha to women: ...28 KB (4,096 words) - 04:28, 3 November 2025
- ranging from Cambridge (1960) to Yeshiva University, NY. He is especially popular among those who value his reconciliation of science and faith ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 21:29, 30 January 2025
- 4. New York: Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press, 1999. ISBN 9780881254402. *Rabinowicz, Tzvi. The Encyclopedia of Hasidism ...28 KB (4,280 words) - 07:46, 25 June 2024
