Yeshiva - Typical schedule

Yeshiva or yeshivah (Hebrew: ישיבה pl. yeshivot or yeshivos) is an institution for Torah study and the study of Talmud primarily within Orthodox Judaism attended by males. Females usually attend Bais Yaakov schools. Yeshiva - History. See also Torah study Yeshiva - Pre-1800s. Traditionally, every town rabbi had the right to maintain a number of full-time or part-time pupils in the town's study hall (beis midra ...

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They following is a typical daily schedule for Beis Medrash students 7:00 am- Optional seder (study session) 7:30 am- Morning prayers 8:30 am- Session on study of Jewish law 9:00 am- Breakfast 9:30 am- Morning Talmud study (first seder) 12:30 pm- Shiur ("lecture") - advanced students sometimes dispense with this lecture 13:30 - Lunch 14:45 - Mincha - afternoon prayers 15:00 - Mussar seder - Jewish ethics 15:30 - Talmud study (se ...

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Yeshiva - Pre-1800s. Traditionally, every town rabbi had the right to maintain a number of full-time or part-time pupils in the town's study hall (beis midrash, usually adjacent to the synagogue). Their cost of living was covered by community taxation. After a number of years, these young people would either take up a vacant rabbinical position elsewhere (after obtaining semicha, rabbinical ordination) or join the workforce. The Mishna (tractate Megilla) mentions the law that a town can only be call ...

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Studying is usually done together with a study-partner called a chavrusa (Aramaic: "friend"), or in a shiur ("lecture"). Yeshiva - Talmud study. Main articles: Talmud, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]]See also:

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The year is divided into three periods called zmanim ("times" or "semesters"). Elul zman starts from the beginning of the Hebrew month of Elul and extends until the end of Yom Kippur. This is the shortest (approx. six weeks), but most intense semester as it comes before the high holydays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Winter zman starts after Sukkot ("Tabernacles") and lasts until just before Passover, a duration of six months (seven in a Jewish leap year). Summer semester starts after Passover and lasts until either the middle of the month of Tammuz or the beginning of the Jewish month ...

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There are four types of yeshivoth: Yeshiva Ketana ("small yeshiva") - Also called Cheder, for elementary school students. Many Yeshivot Ketana in Israel and some in the diaspora do not have a secular course of studies and all students learn Judaic Torah studies full time. Yeshiva High School - Also called Mesivta or Mechina, combines the intensive Jewish religious education with a secular high school education. The dual curriculum was pioneered by the Manhattan Talmudical Academ ...

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The largest yeshivot currently include: Yeshiva - In the United States. Beth Medrash Govoha, also known as "Lakewood yeshiva" (Lakewood, NJ) Yeshiva Ner Yisrael: Ner Israel Rabbinical College (Baltimore, MD) The Telshe yeshiva (Telz Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; Riverdale, NY) The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University (New York, NY) Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem (Manhattan and Staten Island, New York, NY) Yeshiva Torah Vodaas (Brooklyn ...

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