יְשִׁיבָה f. (יָשַׁב) 1) sitting, rest. Ḥag. 15ᵃ … למעלה לא עמידה ולא י׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) on high there is no standing up and no sitting down (effort and rest), no emulation &c. Yoma 69ᵇ, a. fr. אין י׳ בעזרה none were allowed to sit down in the Temple court. Gen. R. s. 38, a. fr. כל מקום שאתח מוצא י׳ וכ׳ wherever you find sitting (retirement, use of the word ישב) recorded in the Bible, there Satan leaps forth (trouble arises). Yeb. 106ᵃ יְשִׁיבָתָהּ זו היא עמידתה this her sitting is to her a getting up (sitting up is to her a great effort; oth. expl.: her being left seated, is her erection, i.e. her failure to be married to the yabam is a benefit to her); a. fr. —2) settlement, dwelling. Kidd. 37ᵃ, a. e., v. יְרוּשָּׁה. Keth. 110ᵇ יְשִׁיבַת כרכים קשה living in large cities is a hardship. Sabb. 10ᵇ עיר שיְשִׁיבָתָהּ קרובה a town of recent settlement; a. fr. —3) scholars’ session, council, academy; court. Yoma 28ᵇ זקן ויושב בי׳ an elder and member of council. Ib. לא פרשה י׳ מהם they (our early ancestors) were never without council (a representative body). Pes. 119ᵃ top המכיר … בי׳ who knows his colleague’s place in meetings; … המקבל בי׳ who greets his colleague in meetings with kindness. Ber. 57ᵃ ראש י׳ presiding officer. Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵈ top ומינו את ר"א … בי׳ they elected R. El. … (president) in regular session. Ib. הושיבו … בי׳ they installed him as president. B. Bath. 120ᵃ בי׳ הלך וכ׳ in court or college give the preference to learning, in social entertainment to age; a. fr.—י׳ של מעלה divine court. B. Mets. 86ᵃ נתבקש בי׳ של מ׳ has been summoned before divine justice (is dead); a. fr.—Pl. יְשִׁיבוֹת. Koh. R. to I, 8 אפשר שהי׳ הללו טועות וכ׳ is it possible that those colleges be lost in such futile errors; Tosef. Ḥull. II, 24 שהסיבו הללו טועים (corr. acc.; v., however, סֵיבוּ). Y. Sabb. X, 12ᶜ bot. שימשתי את אבא עומדות מה שלא שמשת י׳ I have served my father at more ‘standing meetings’ (standing up as an Amora) than you have served at college sessions; Y. Ḥag. III, beg. 78ᵈ; a. fr.