query: religion talmudical yeshiva of philadelphia
supports: The Talmud (Hebrew: ' "instruction, learning", from a root ' "teach, study") is a central text of Rabbinic Judaism. It is also traditionally referred to as, a Hebrew abbreviation of ', the "six orders", a reference to the six orders of the Mishnah. The term "Talmud" normally refers to the collection of writings named specifically the Babylonian Talmud "(Talmud Bavli)", although there is also an earlier collection known as the Jerusalem Talmud, or Palestinian Talmud"' "(Talmud Yerushalmi)". When referring to post-biblical periods, namely those of the creation of the Talmud, the Talmudic academies and the Babylonian exilarchate, Jewish sources use the term "Babylonia" long after it had become obsolete in geopolitical terms. In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word ' , meaning "My Master" (irregular plural ' ), which is the way a student would address a master of Torah. The word "master" "" literally means "great one". Shmuel Kamenetsky (born November 1924) is a Haredi rabbi and founder and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. He is one of the most widely known living Haredi Litvish Jewish gedolim outside of Israel. He is the son of Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky (18911986), one of America's greatest Torah leaders. Torah study is the study of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts. According to Rabbinic beliefs the study is ideally done for the purpose of the mitzvah ("commandment") of Torah study itself. Yeshiva (lit. "sitting"; pl. , "yeshivot" or "yeshivos") is a Jewish institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily "shiurim" (lectures or classes) and in study pairs called "avrutas" (Aramaic for "friendship" or "companionship"). "avruta"-style learning is one of the unique features of the yeshiva. The Torah ("instruction, teaching"), or in Christianity, the Pentateuch ("five books"), is the central reference of the religious Judaic tradition. It has a range of meanings. It can most specifically mean the first five books of the twenty-four books of the Tanakh, and it usually includes the rabbinic commentaries ('). The term "Torah" means instruction and offers a way of life for those who follow it; it can mean the continued narrative from Book of Genesis to the end of the Tanakh, and it can even mean the totality of Jewish teaching, culture and practice. Common to all these meanings, Torah consists of the foundational narrative of Jewish peoplehood: their call into being by God, their trials and tribulations, and their covenant with their God, which involves following a way of life embodied in a set of moral and religious obligations and civil laws ('). The Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia is a Haredi Litvish yeshiva . Its roshei yeshiva ( `` deans '' ) are Rabbi Elya Svei , Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky , Rabbi Shimon Yehudah Svei and Rabbi Sholom Kaminetsky . Its campus is located in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia .
candidates: christianity judaism
answer: judaism