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Yeshivot (sing. yeshiva, lit. meaning "sitting) are the oldest institutions for higher learning in Judaism. Students attending yeshivot devoted their studies to the Talmud and its commentaries. Yeshivot were first established in the original Jewish communities in Jerusalem and Babylonia, and then were established in Western Europe during the Diaspora. Eastern Europe, especially Lithuania, became the site of leading yeshivot by the 16th and 17th centuries. The schools were destroyed during the Holocaust and survivors re-established yeshivot in Israel and the United States. (en-US)

Fonte

Stavans, Ilan, ed. The Oxford Book of Jewish Short Stories. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. pp. 741-742

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• Vita religiosa ebraica