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Orthodox yeshivas

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beth midrash
Jewish study hall located in a synagogue, yeshiva, kollel or other building
Talmud Torah school
Schools for the learning of Torah for mainly diaspora Jewish children
Kollel
thumb|alt=Chicago Chassidishe Kollel|Chicago Chassidishe Kollel thumb|Kollel Birkat Yitzchak in Moscow A kollel (also kolel) (, , , , a "gathering" or "collection" [of scholars]) is an institute for full-time, advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features shiurim (lectures) and learning sedarim (sessions); unlike most yeshivot, the student body of a kollel typically consists mostly of married men. A kollel generally pays a regular monthly stipend to its members.
Hesder
thumb|right|Beit Midrash of the Kerem B'Yavneh hesder yeshiva Hesder ( "arrangement"; also Yeshivat Hesder ) is an Israeli yeshiva program which combines advanced Talmudic studies with military service in the Israel Defense Forces, usually within a Religious Zionist framework. The program allows Orthodox Jewish men to serve in the Israeli military while still engaging in Torah study.
Shiur
thumb|right|Shiur klali at Slabodka yeshiva (Bnei Brak)|Slabodka Yeshiva thumb|Gemara shiur at Tomchei Temimim|Toras Emes Yeshiva thumb|Rabbinical shiur delivered in Jerusalem thumb|Public shiur by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef at [[Bar-Ilan University, Machon synagogue]] thumb|Memorial shiur on the yarzheit of [[Rav Aharon Lichtenstein at Yeshivat Har Etzion]] thumb| 250px|right| Yom iyun, :he: מדרשת אוריה|Midreshet Oryah (click to enlarge) thumb| Sicha, Ulpana students thumb|Drosha by Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo Schick, [[Yavne'el Synagogue]]
Mesivta
Metivta (also mesivta; Aramaic: מתיבתא, "academy") is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva secondary school for boys. The term is commonly used in the United States to describe a yeshiva that emphasizes Talmudic studies for boys in grades 9 through 11 or 12; alternately, it refers to the religious studies track in a yeshiva high school that offers both religious and secular studies.