rosh yeshiva
Academy's chief rabbi
Rosh yeshiva is the head or dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish religious school devoted to the study of traditional texts, particularly the Talmud.
The title carries considerable prestige in Orthodox Jewish communities, as the rosh yeshiva serves as both the chief scholar and spiritual leader of the institution.
The term comes from Hebrew, meaning literally "head of the yeshiva." The rosh yeshiva delivered a lecture on the week's Torah portion.
Judaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- beit midrashJewish house of study
- rebbeHasidic spiritual leader
disciples · students · guidance · mussar · semicha · authority · institution · ordination
Advice for decisions
- mussarJewish ethical discipline
- counselExpert guidance offered
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- influencePower to affect others
nurturing · rebuke · blessing · inspiration · character · development · direction · support
Jewish legal ruling
- midrashJewish biblical commentary
- commentariesExplanatory notes on texts
- sugyaTalmudic thematic passage
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- beit midrashJewish house of study
rebbe · disciples · students · guidance · mussar · semicha · authority · institution · ordination · succession
guidance
Advice for decisions
influence · nurturing · rebuke · blessing · inspiration · character · development · direction · support
halacha
Jewish legal ruling
- midrashJewish biblical commentary
- commentariesExplanatory notes on texts
- sugyaTalmudic thematic passage
- Jewish FiguresMoses, Abraham, David, Solomon, Aaron
- Orthodox JudaismTorah study, kosher, shabbat, Hasidic, halacha
- Rabbinicsrabbi, rebbe, dayan, Torah scholar, codifier
- Jewish AuthoritySanhedrin, beit din, rabbinate, dayan, high priest
- Jewish PeopleAshkenazi, Sephardi, Orthodox Jew, Conservative Jew, Reform Jew
- Jewish Rolescantor, rebbe, shamash, shammes, dayan
rosh yeshivastudent
One formally enrolled somewhere
ignoramus · new student · layperson · beginner · secular Jew