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- , literally "head of the year") is a Jewish holiday, commonly ... of rest, and activities prohibited on the Jewish Sabbath are also prohibited ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- According to Jewish law, when Jewish children reach the age of maturity ... Before this age, the responsibility of the child to follow Jewish ...10 KB (1,502 words) - 07:59, 20 September 2023
- - September 14, 1828, Berlin) was a German-Jewish financier and philanthropist ... A supporter of the Jewish Enlightenment, Jacobson worked to create ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 06:05, 11 March 2024
- Cincinnati, Ohio to a comfortable, German-Jewish middle-class family. She ... Today, Wald’s Henry Street Settlement continues to provide services ...8 KB (1,096 words) - 01:43, 26 October 2022
- Shavuot (or Shavuos; "Weeks") is a Jewish holiday that occurs ... festivals known as the shalosh regalim in Jewish tradition. ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 13:22, 27 January 2023
- It is characterized by a liberal attitude toward the Jewish law and ... in seeking to update and liberalize the Jewish tradition, divisions soon ...19 KB (2,867 words) - 03:01, 8 December 2022
- In Jewish tradition, a cantor or hazzan is a musician trained in the ... rabbis in some congregations. Traditional Jewish law restricts the cantor ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- Court Jew is a term for Jewish leaders who rose to positions of influence ... Some court Jews were also prominent people in the local Jewish community ...12 KB (1,873 words) - 20:25, 28 May 2020
- that is used as a musical instrument for Jewish religious purposes. It is ... , it has played a more restricted role in Jewish religious life. ...13 KB (2,151 words) - 14:23, 27 January 2023
- skullcap traditionally worn by Orthodox Jewish men, although some men and ... According to the Talmud, a Jewish man is required to cover his head ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- is the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It falls on the ... Rosh Hashanah, are the only times in Jewish services when Jews engage in ...20 KB (3,188 words) - 16:40, 4 June 2023
- was supposedly hatched by a number of by Jewish doctors conspiring to poison ... Stalin's suspicions of any form of Jewish nationalism were expressed ...12 KB (1,709 words) - 16:33, 29 January 2024
- It involved the wrongful conviction of Jewish military officer Alfred Dreyfus ... Following Dreyfus' conviction, the idea of an international Jewish ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- Ruth is one of the shortest books in both Jewish and Christian scripture ... to a foreigner as long as she respects Jewish tradition. Acceptance of ...10 KB (1,594 words) - 00:40, 19 November 2023
- cultures, Gregorian chant, Vedic chant, Jewish liturgical music (chazzanut ... parts in sacred ceremonies and religious services. Such music created the ...5 KB (821 words) - 01:44, 4 December 2023
- in his youth, he was careful to observe Jewish customs as king, and was ... sees the death as an act of fate. Other Jewish traditions hold the Romans ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- During the Middle Ages, when courtships were frowned upon and many ... In larger Jewish communities of Eastern Europe, the reputation of ...21 KB (3,273 words) - 16:48, 7 November 2022
- education, fellowship, and various social services to the impoverished population ... London’s poorest population with services including tutorial classes ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 10:06, 26 January 2023
- as mixed-gender seating during synagogue services, he faced trouble in his ... national conferences designed to unite the Jewish synagogues of America. He ...16 KB (2,521 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
- Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. While far from ... According to Jewish thought, God established a covenant with the Jewish ...32 KB (4,804 words) - 20:55, 4 October 2022
- or the circumstances of their composition. Jewish and Christian tradition maintains ... In Jewish usage, the Psalter is divided, after the analogy of the ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- Christianity inherited the Jewish tradition of Sabbath, but gradually ... Jewish tradition holds that the Sabbath was instituted by God to commemorate ...24 KB (3,695 words) - 18:30, 22 December 2022
- help the process of increased Jewish settlement in Palestine. ... Weizman was a leading member of the Jewish delegation, arguing in favor ...11 KB (1,749 words) - 21:19, 9 February 2024
- are Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland— ... only three percent of the world's Jewish population, Ashkenazi Jews ...20 KB (2,890 words) - 04:05, 18 August 2023
- ) is a major Jewish festival, also known as Succoth, Sukkos, the Feast ... During Sukkot, observant Jewish families eat, sleep, and entertain ...19 KB (2,871 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- recited every morning and evening during Jewish prayers. Its twice-daily ... three portions relate to central issues of Jewish belief. ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 13:27, 27 January 2023
- Europe. A devout Jew and defender of the Jewish position, he was a mediator ... missions that made him a major figure in Jewish history, rather than merely ...14 KB (2,182 words) - 16:59, 10 November 2022
- ==Part of the Jewish oral law== The Haggadah is part of Judaism's ... and the foundations were laid for public services which were soon to offer ...13 KB (1,890 words) - 17:38, 27 January 2024
- writer, allegorist, and a well-known Jewish-American author. He has received ... 26, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York to Russian Jewish immigrants, Max and Bertha ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 15:38, 29 September 2023
- of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). According to Jewish tradition, the Torah was ... the entire spectrum of authoritative Jewish religious teachings throughout ...24 KB (3,856 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
- and Irene Cohen Luzzato who was of Jewish origin from Trieste. LaGuardia ... Congressional district was shifting from a Jewish and Italian-American population ...15 KB (2,248 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi in the Jewish tradition. The Levites served ... Temple and became a mainstay in the mature Jewish tradition. After the destruction ...21 KB (3,292 words) - 22:17, 25 October 2022
- Easter is also linked to the Jewish Passover, especially for its position ... The observance of any non-Jewish holiday by Christians is believed ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 17:05, 10 October 2020
- Said al-Fayyumi, was a prominent rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete ... "Sefer ha-Galui," stressed his Jewish lineage, claiming to belong ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- the Orthodox liturgy and other Christian services including the Divine Office ... Temple and the subsequent diaspora of the Jewish people, a consensus developed ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- starting at sunset, a practice inherited from Jewish tradition ... is traditionally lit in many church services. In candlelight services ...27 KB (4,071 words) - 21:38, 10 December 2023
- מגילת איכה) is a book of the Jewish Tanakh and the Christian ... The text is traditionally read by Jewish people on Tisha B'Av ...22 KB (3,444 words) - 00:22, 19 November 2023
- meaning "piety") is a Haredi Jewish religious movement that originated ... limited Talmudic studies. Many felt that Jewish life had turned anti-mystical ...28 KB (4,280 words) - 08:41, 20 January 2024
- and is used specifically to indicate non-Jewish peoples, as in Jesus's ... 9:2, and so on), namely the requirement of Jewish men to divorce their Gentile ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- Precursors to the Eucharist are found in a Jewish holy day and pagan rites. ... reinterpreted the traditional idea of the Jewish Messiah as a spiritual savior ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- The Standard Dictionary, included the The Jewish Encyclopedia, The Metropolitan ... Corp., which acquired Facts on File News Services. In 1997 the corporate name ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 19:40, 7 February 2023
- The Nasrani preserved the original rituals of the early Jewish Christians ... The southern coast of the Indian subcontinent (hypothesized by the ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- הלוי) (c. 1075-1141 C.E.) was a Jewish Spanish philosopher and poet ... to him; many of these are used in Jewish liturgical services. The ...27 KB (4,480 words) - 20:50, 4 October 2022
- the traditional prophecies about the Jewish Messiah. It is a matter of ... the source of ashes used in Ash Wednesday services. The Roman Catholic Church ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- Gabiyrol)(c. 1021 – c. 1058), a Moorish Jewish poet and philosopher, became ... 16 he wrote a poem later included in the services of many congregations, Azharoth ...24 KB (3,826 words) - 01:00, 4 February 2023
- the Festival of Unleavened Bread—is a Jewish holiday commemorating the ... pilgrim festivals during which the entire Jewish populace was encouraged to ...28 KB (4,349 words) - 09:03, 18 November 2022
- Sanctuary of Abraham, the Friend). Both Jewish and Muslim services are held ... Following the destruction of the First Temple, most of the Jewish ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 15:14, 25 January 2023
- the gods and human beings. Shamans hold services to cure illnesses by exorcising ... Swazi, Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Venda], and Jewish folklore, possession takes ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- The Literary Digest (founded in 1890), Jewish Encyclopedia (12 volumes ... Corp., which acquired Facts on File News Services. In 1997 the corporate name ...7 KB (985 words) - 05:46, 15 June 2023
- weddings, baby namings, and memorial services. Individual Ethical Society ... ceremonies, baby namings, and memorial services. Individual Ethical ...16 KB (2,476 words) - 04:32, 22 March 2024
- *In Jewish liturgy, Ten Martyrs are singled out as a group. ... *In Judaism, ten adults are the required quorum for prayer services. ...13 KB (1,819 words) - 06:26, 13 June 2023
- in a narrow house in the heart of the Jewish section of Amsterdam. There ... The ten Boom family had a history of personal connections to the Jewish ...21 KB (3,559 words) - 03:35, 8 January 2024
- and its leadership role in information services and technology applications ... In addition to the general reference services available at NAL, each ...17 KB (2,398 words) - 04:12, 11 March 2023
- of religion, it is most prevalent in the Jewish and Muslim faiths. It is ... is a positive commandment obligatory under Jewish law for Jewish males, and ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
- and symbolically related to the Jewish harvest festival of Shavuot ... Greek name for Shavuot, one of the three Jewish Pilgrimage Festivals required ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- Furthermore, Bergen County has significant Jewish and Muslim populations whose ... Education and Labor, Dec. 13, 1888. Teach Services: 1996. ISBN 1572580569 ...11 KB (1,685 words) - 23:53, 11 January 2023
- of the modern State of Israel as a Jewish nation state, as well as ... Arab culture, Christianity, Judaism, Jewish culture or for ideological ...29 KB (4,317 words) - 20:21, 11 August 2023
- differences still exist between the Jewish and Christian canons, as ... == Jewish canon == Rabbinic Judaism recognizes the 24 books of the ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- ), the Jewish Festival of Rededication (also known as the Festival ... Although not one of the most sacred Jewish holidays, it has grown in ...28 KB (4,314 words) - 19:38, 29 January 2022
- – September 20, 2005), was an Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer who ... In 1977, Rabbi Marvin Hier named his Jewish human rights center after ...23 KB (3,477 words) - 22:10, 29 January 2023
- caskets used only for the duration of the services, after which the body is ... ground. In addition, there are several services which will scatter the cremated ...24 KB (3,818 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
- visited by the Holocaust in which 10,000 Jewish people were killed, and has ... of the population of Chişinău was Jewish--one of the highest numbers ...21 KB (3,032 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- Babylon was renowned as the center of Jewish learning, where the scriptures ... of the great temple of Bel, where the services continued without interruption ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 05:24, 26 August 2023
- to the church or other location where the services will be held. In a number ... Funeral services include prayers, readings from the Bible or other ...37 KB (6,189 words) - 14:58, 3 December 2023
- of Merit of the Second Treasure for his services in making Japanese literature ... Of Jewish heritage, he changed his surname to his paternal grandmother ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- ) is one of the largest financial services provider in the world, ... to be replaced by Nazis, and dismissing Jewish employees. After Germany ...22 KB (3,101 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- Temple, served as the religious center of Jewish life in the post-exilic period ... and the Jewish Encyclopedia [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14310 ...30 KB (4,700 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- ten statements." Traditional Jewish sources (Mekhilta de Rabbi ... According the Jewish understandings, the Torah includes 613 commandments ...37 KB (5,883 words) - 02:58, 19 April 2023
- all five texts are utilized throughout the Jewish ecclesiastical year as part ... the text's author. More specifically, Jewish tradition suggests that Solomon ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- from hand-washing before eating in the Jewish tradition to baptism in the ... have been specified in various codes of Jewish law and tradition, such as ...20 KB (3,118 words) - 04:49, 14 June 2023
- Side. Borough Park is largely Orthodox Jewish; Bedford-Stuyvesant is the ... sanitation, water supply, and welfare services in Brooklyn. ...28 KB (4,109 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- about 65,000-80,000 Christians-considered-Jewish in the town. Between 20 percent ... 2.6 percent, Greek Catholics 1.6 percent, Jewish 0.5 percent, Atheists 19 ...27 KB (3,960 words) - 16:54, 22 November 2023
- the Noahide Laws offers an example of a Jewish doctrine that promotes religious ... and affirms that the great majority of non-Jewish humanity will be saved, due ...21 KB (3,342 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- aron habrit) is a sacred chest in Jewish tradition that contained ... in the Temple in Jerusalem. During Jewish services in synagogues, the worshipers ...29 KB (4,905 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- In many different Christian traditions, watch-night services (also ... John Wesley began the tradition of Watch-night services for coal miners ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- Balaam, refusing to pay him for his services, and ordering him to leave ... greatest prophet who ever came from a non-Jewish population, including even ...16 KB (2,754 words) - 04:16, 11 January 2023
- From a very young age, Meir believed strongly in the need for Jewish ... stay in Moscow, she attended High Holiday services and was mobbed by thousands ...15 KB (2,415 words) - 06:44, 1 January 2024
- in the selection of seven Hellenistic Jewish Christians of Jerusalem to ... and "Grecian" or Hellenistic Jewish members of the church on ...20 KB (3,190 words) - 19:56, 22 May 2020
- its frequent criticism and condemnation of the Jewish State as holding Israel to a double standard. She attributed it to hostility, and believed ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- to be read by thousands of people in Jewish communities around the world. beyond Judaism, but criticism within the Jewish communities. Sacks had a ...46 KB (6,319 words) - 07:34, 27 February 2023
- . Under the rector Martin Heidegger all Jewish faculty members, among them ... and satellite clinics.Office of Medical Services and International Business ...21 KB (2,957 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
- The first catacombs constructed in the world are the ancient Jewish ... were used only for martyrs’ memorial services. Apparently Ostrogoths, ...16 KB (2,439 words) - 14:27, 29 November 2023
- The Maccabees (Hebrew: מכבים or מקבים, Makabim) were Jewish ... of Palestine to establish the Jewish homeland as mandated by the ...39 KB (6,358 words) - 14:51, 7 June 2023
- The Bible speaks of other notable defections from the Jewish faith: ... second century C.E., who virtually banned Jewish worship and forced many Jews ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 15:51, 11 August 2023
- the first and thus far only person of Jewish descent to do so, although ... Disraeli was proud of his Jewish heritage and of the Jewish peoples ...28 KB (4,114 words) - 23:17, 11 January 2023
- Mandelshtam was born in Warsaw, to a wealthy Jewish family. His father ... He plays with the services of half-men. Who warble, or miaow, or moan. ...14 KB (1,927 words) - 04:37, 18 November 2022
- 99 names of God. Muslims believe that the Jewish God is the same as their ... prophecy. Judaism awaits the coming of the Jewish Messiah (the Jewish concept ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- Muslims do not ingest alcohol or pork and Jewish people do not eat pork. Giving ... A gift economy is an economic system in which goods and services are ...16 KB (2,568 words) - 23:38, 10 December 2022
- a Jew, a person must be born of a Jewish mother. "Patrilocal ... Jacob, formed what is known as Judaism. Jewish tradition and law does not ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- The area of Eilat was designated as part of the Jewish state in the ... and natural resources; emergency response services; and the promotion of binational ...15 KB (2,306 words) - 08:25, 8 January 2024
- from all over Europe gathered. In 965, Jewish merchant and traveler Ibrahim ... were merged into a single entity. The Jewish district, Josefov, was included ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- schools, receive different social services, etc., then people of the ... Battalion participate in the liberation of Jewish survivors at Buchenwald.Asa ...23 KB (3,411 words) - 22:42, 7 December 2022
- spent any time not devoted to religious services or study in manual labor. ... *Simon, Marcel and James H. Farley (trans.). Jewish Sects at the Time ...20 KB (3,198 words) - 04:41, 14 June 2023
- Ellen Adler Bohr, came from a wealthy Jewish family prominent in Danish ... the Nobel Prize in physics "for his services in the investigation of ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- Judaism an individual may be excluded from Jewish religious society through ... collectors," who were excluded from Jewish fellowship. ...24 KB (3,632 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II ... Rose (née Tashker), a homemaker, both Jewish, who lived in the Harlem ...35 KB (5,251 words) - 19:35, 27 April 2024
- with a young goat as payment for her services. She returns home with his ... T&search=tamar Tamar] in the Jewish Encyclopedia Category: Philosophy ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- A library is a collection of information, sources, resources and services ... materials, they also provide the services of specialists who are experts ...31 KB (4,437 words) - 22:31, 25 October 2022
- transactions and registering for services. Ethical business practice ... Banning the reverse social security number lookup services (Spinello ...26 KB (3,869 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- technology (IT), tourism, health services, banking, shipbuilding, ... most attractive city in India for IT-based services. {{cite news ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
