yeshiva

thumb|right|Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem)|Mir Yeshiva in [[Jerusalem, one of the two largest yeshivot in the world]] thumb|right|A typical beth midrash|bet midrash, [[Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore]] right|thumb|Chavrusas in study at Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret right|thumb|Morning seder at Petah Tikva#Schools and religious institutions|Or-Yisrael, a yeshiva founded by the [[Chazon Ish]] thumb|Shiur by Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein in memory of Rav [[Aharon Lichtenstein at Yeshivat Har Etzion, a Hesder yeshiva]] thumb|right|Rabbinic Judaism|Rabbinical students in shiur in [[Jerusalem]] thumb|right|Shiur klali at Slabodka yeshiva (Bnei Brak)|Slabodka Yeshiva A yeshiva (; ; pl. , ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel. The studying is usually done through daily shiurim (lectures or classes) as well as in study pairs called chavrusas (Aramaic for 'friendship' or 'companionship'). Chavrusa-style learning is one of the unique features of the yeshiva.

In the United States and Israel, different levels of yeshiva education have different names. In the U.S., elementary-school students enroll in a cheder, post-bar mitzvah-age students learn in a mesivta, and undergraduate-level students learn in a beit midrash or yeshiva gedola (). In Israel, elementary-school students enroll in a Talmud Torah or cheder, post-bar mitzvah-age students learn in a yeshiva ketana (), and high-school-age students learn in a yeshiva gedola. A kollel is a yeshiva for married men, in which it is common to pay a token stipend to its students. Students of Lithuanian and Hasidic yeshivot gedolot (plural of yeshiva gedola) usually learn in yeshiva until they get married.