A Popular Dictionary of Judaism
*Talmudic academy. The term yeshivah was used for the *amoraic academies in Babylon and *Israel, for the academies in *Sura and *Pumbedita and also for local academies. The institution spread to Spain, North Africa, Italy, France, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, the British Commonwealth and the United States.
Originally they were organised by well-known scholars and were supported by the community. The curriculum was based on talmudic study, but also, as time went on, included *minhagim, *posekim, *responsa and *musar. A yeshivah education became a necessary preparation for *semikhah and the title *‘rabbi’ was awarded on graduation from the 14th Century. The *yeshivot of Eastern Europe were destroyed in the *holocaust, but famous yeshivot still flourish in Israel, the United States and the British Commonwealth. (See also *RABBINICAL SEMINARIES).
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