A Jewish school where students study religious texts — above all the Talmud, the great collection of Jewish law and argument. Some yeshivas train men to become rabbis, the way a seminary trains priests, but that is not the whole story: many students go simply to study, because in Jewish tradition studying the texts is itself a religious act, not only job training.

A Jewish school where students study religious texts猶太學生研讀宗教經典的學校 — above all the Talmud最主要是塔木德, the great collection of Jewish law and argument也就是那部收錄猶太法律與辯論的鉅著。Some yeshivas train men to become rabbis有些 yeshiva 會培訓男性成為拉比, the way a seminary trains priests就像神學院培訓神父一樣, but that is not the whole story但這不是全部: many students go simply to study很多學生單純就是為了讀書而去, because in Jewish tradition studying the texts is itself a religious act因為在猶太傳統裡，研讀經典本身就是一種宗教行為, not only job training不只是職業訓練。

The learning looks unlike a normal classroom. Students often work in pairs, called a chavruta, reading a passage aloud and arguing over it for hours, and the room is famously loud.

The learning這種學習 looks unlike a normal classroom看起來不像一般的教室。Students often work in pairs, called a chavruta學生常常兩兩一組學習，叫做 chavruta, reading a passage aloud and arguing over it for hours大聲朗讀一段經文，然後為它爭論好幾個小時, and the room is famously loud這種教室以吵鬧出名。

A yeshiva is usually for older boys and men; the parallel school for girls and women is generally called a midrasha or seminary, though the details vary between communities.

A yeshiva is usually for older boys and menyeshiva 通常是給較年長的男孩和男性讀的; the parallel school for girls and women is generally called a midrasha or seminary給女孩和女性讀的對應學校一般叫做 midrasha 或 seminary, though the details vary between communities不過細節在不同社群間會有所不同。

The plural in English is normally yeshivas; you will also see the Hebrew plural yeshivot or yeshivos, especially in writing from inside the community, and the spelling yeshivah with an h.

The plural in English is normally yeshivas英文裡的複數形通常是 yeshivas; you will also see the Hebrew plural yeshivot or yeshivos你也會看到希伯來文的複數形 yeshivot 或 yeshivos, especially in writing from inside the community尤其是在社群內部的寫作裡, and the spelling yeshivah with an h還有拼成 yeshivah、多一個h的寫法。

Where you meet the word, the setting is nearly always Orthodox Judaism — New York, Israel, and older writing about Jewish life in eastern Europe.

Where you meet the word你遇到這個字的場合, the setting is nearly always Orthodox Judaism背景幾乎都是正統猶太教 — New York, Israel, and older writing about Jewish life in eastern Europe紐約、以色列，還有描寫東歐猶太生活的舊時作品。