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]
He was previously RAM (Rosh Metivta) at ...
... ram (for rosh mesivta, 'head of ...
(There was also some talk in the Yeshiva "in those days" about how "the Ram" (as he was often called - standing for Rosh Mesivta) ...
ROSH MESIVTA: the dean of a MESIVTA.
R... next moved to the Telshe yeshiva as a rosh mesivta ... (rosh yeshiva) left the Telshe yeshiva and R... replaced him as rosh yeshiva.