Jewish Education in Yeshiva

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of yeshiva education reveals how significant education is to the Jewish people. Jewish education initially was provided by the town rabbi in the town’s beth midrash (study hall). This education was paid for by community taxation. After several years of education, the young Jew either pursued a position as a rabbi or joined the workforce (“Yeshiva”). The beth midrash was actually the prototype for the yeshiva. Once established, communities were still responsible for the running the yeshivas and taking care of the students (Arno). In the novel, the community is very involved in yeshiva education. While the rebbe did not provide the education, he decides what his people will study. The rebbe requests for Asher to learn Russian although Asher refuses. The rebbe wants his people to study what will be best for them as well as the Jewish community. When he asks Asher to learn French, it foreshadows his decision for Asher to leave Crown Heights to live in the Hasidic community in ...

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of running the yeshivas.

Hasidic culture is apparent in the structure of their yeshivas. Hasidic society is patriarchal in nature; they believe in strict separation of the sexes. Separate schools are provided for the Hasidic girls and boys by the community and their education also follow different lines of study (Shaffir). In Asher’s descriptions of his classmates in the novel, no females are studying with him. Hasidic males study at the yeshiva, which is an upper division of higher learning, once they graduate from the elementary division. Females receive a less concentrated education of the Torah; they instead focus on prayer, Bible stories, and simplified law and custom codes ...

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