"Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: \u05E8\u05D0\u05E9 \u05D9\u05E9\u05D9\u05D1\u05D4\u200E; pl. Heb. Roshei yeshiva; Yeshivish: Rosh yeshivahs), is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy (yeshiva). It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh \u2014 meaning head, and yeshiva \u2014 a school of religious Jewish education."@en .