Rosh mesivta explained
The title rosh mesivta (alt. rosh metivta;[1] Hebrew: ראש מתיבתא; from Jewish Babylonian Aramaic rêsh mṯivtā ריש מתיבתא), abbreviated as Ram (Hebrew: ר״מ),[2] [3] is a term in Jewish education for a leading figure in an educational institution. The term has a long history, going back many centuries.[4]
The role is comparable to a dean in a university.[5] Just as a chancellor outranks a dean,[6] a rosh yeshiva, when both exist, is higher.[7] [8]
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Notes and References
- Web site: The Pardes Kollel Experience - These and Those. February 3, 2014. He was previously RAM (Rosh Metivta) at ....
- Book: Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms. 0742543870. Sol Steinmetz . 2005. ... ram (for rosh mesivta, 'head of ....
- Book: The Legacy of Maran Rav Aharon Kotler: A Vivid Portrait of .... 158330875X. Yitzchok Dershowitz . 2005. (There was also some talk in the Yeshiva "in those days" about how "the Ram" (as he was often called - standing for Rosh Mesivta) ... .
- Book: Codex Judaica: Chronological Index of Jewish History. 0967037832. Mattis Kantor . 2005.
- Book: There is No Such Thing as Coincidence, And Other Stories. 1583306153. Barukh ben David Lev. 2003. ROSH MESIVTA: the dean of a MESIVTA..
- Web site: rector vs chancellor vs president. - citing Oxford University.
- appointed Rosh Yeshiva... was Rosh Mesivta. News: 5 Towns Jewish Times. Yeshivat Torah V'avodah Appoints New Rosh Yeshiva. June 8, 2017.
- Web site: Yeshivas Telz . Mordechai . Gifter . Mordechai Gifter . 2003 . . he . Telz Yeshiva. 15 February 2011. R... next moved to the Telshe yeshiva as a rosh mesivta ... (rosh yeshiva) left the Telshe yeshiva and R... replaced him as rosh yeshiva..
