Currently, the term is applied in America to any stipend given for yeshiva study and is now a general term for the yeshivah approach to life.

Wooing the Religious Parties As ardent Zionists, men from national religious movements do special military service, dividing their time between army duty and yeshiva studies.

Machon Lev - academic studies combined with yeshiva studies for men.

Since rabbinical studies typically flow from other yeshiva studies, those who seek a semicha are typically not required to have completed a university education.

The kollel offers traditional yeshiva studies with an emphasis on Talmud, while the midrasha offers courses in Torah and Jewish philosophy.

After graduation, he joined the Hesder program at Yeshivat Hakotel, in Jerusalem's Old City, which combines yeshiva study with military service.

During his yeshiva studies he was often asked to lead the services as a hazzan.

After finishing his yeshiva studies, he studied Torah for 12 years in a kollel, an advanced Torah studies institute for married students.

Each group has its own unique method of yeshiva study and communal life, no matter where they establish themselves.

During a break in yeshiva studies last week for the Jewish festival of Sukkot, Mr. Jesner went to Tel Aviv to visit an uncle.