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n. - An academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud).

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  • The yeshiva is the main growth engine of the settlement, attracting students who put down roots.
  • First, as far as I know, they do not see themselves as a yeshiva, which is why their name is Mechon Machon?
  • In early March, the yeshiva was attacked by a Palestinian gunman who killed eight students, mainly teenagers, in a library.
  • Before coming to Washington, he led a yeshiva in Boston.
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