Rosh mesivta

The title rosh mesivta (alt. rosh metivta;[1] Hebrew: ראש מתיבתא; from Jewish Babylonian Aramaic rêsh mṯivtā ריש מתיבתא‎), abbreviated as Ram (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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References
  1. "The Pardes Kollel Experience - These and Those". February 3, 2014. He was previously RAM (Rosh Metivta) at ...
  2. Sol Steinmetz (2005). Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms. ISBN 0742543870. ... ram (for rosh mesivta, 'head of ...
  3. Yitzchok Dershowitz (2005). The Legacy of Maran Rav Aharon Kotler: A Vivid Portrait of ... ISBN 158330875X. (There was also some talk in the Yeshiva "in those days" about how "the Ram" (as he was often called - standing for Rosh Mesivta) ...
  4. Mattis Kantor (2005). Codex Judaica: Chronological Index of Jewish History. ISBN 0967037832.
  5. Barukh ben David Lev (2003). There is No Such Thing as Coincidence, And Other Stories. ISBN 1583306153. ROSH MESIVTA: the dean of a MESIVTA.
  6. "rector vs chancellor vs president". - citing Oxford University.
  7. appointed Rosh Yeshiva... was Rosh Mesivta. "Yeshivat Torah V'avodah Appoints New Rosh Yeshiva". 5 Towns Jewish Times. June 8, 2017.
  8. Gifter, Mordechai (2003). "Yeshivas Telz" [Telz Yeshiva]. Herzog College (in Hebrew). Retrieved 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.


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