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- Philadelphia Orphan Asylum, and the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society and Hebrew ... local Jewish community. She led a small Hebrew Sunday school for her family ...8 KB (1,118 words) - 01:42, 8 December 2022
- In Judaism, the term Bar Mitzvah (Hebrew: בר מצוה) refers to a boy's coming-of-age ceremony held upon (or shortly after) his thirteenth ...10 KB (1,502 words) - 07:59, 20 September 2023
- Jesus primarily spoke Aramaic, with some Hebrew and Greek. ... speaking audiences, albeit he also knew some Hebrew and Greek. ...7 KB (1,044 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- The Gemara (also Gemorah) ('גמרא' - from gamar: Hebrew (to complete); Aramaic (to study) is the part of the Talmud that contains ...8 KB (1,227 words) - 06:37, 18 April 2024
- TaNaK (Hebrew: תנ״ך), or Tanakh, is an acronym for the Hebrew Bible consisting of the initial Hebrew letters (T + N + K) of each of the text ...11 KB (1,531 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- and its laws, but reject the rest of the Hebrew Bible. In the Bible, the ... which is believed to be an ancient form of Hebrew, the Samaritan Pentateuch ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 22:25, 26 September 2023
- the first, middle, and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. ... The Hebrew for Truth is Emet. It is composed of three letters: Aleph ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- The word Amen (Hebrew: אמן, meaning "Firm" or "Verily," Arabic آمين ’Āmīn) is a declaration of positive affirmation ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- Geonim (plural of גאון Gaon) (Hebrew: גאונים meaning "Excellency" The word "Gaon" meant "pride" or "splendour ...8 KB (1,324 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- than one hundred of his works, written in Hebrew, made the scholarship of ... Ibn Ezra continues to be recognized as a great Hebrew poet and writer ...14 KB (2,169 words) - 06:29, 14 June 2023
- The most important and most often written name of God in the Hebrew ... Because the original Hebrew texts only included consonants, the correct ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 01:12, 11 November 2022
- the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature, was the first Hebrew writer awarded the prize, which he won jointly with poet Nelly Sachs. He was awarded the Bialik ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 20:00, 21 April 2023
- Manoel Dias Soeiro (1604 - November 20, 1657), better known by his Hebrew name Manasseh ben Israel (also spelled "Menasseh"), was a ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 06:43, 5 November 2022
- in the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and later included ... YHWH!!"—Exodus ch. 15:11). In Hebrew, the first letters of this ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:32, 13 June 2023
- The word derives from the Hebrew: גי(א)-הינום Gêhinnôm ... ==Hebrew Bible== Gehenna is mentioned in the Tanak in several places ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- consequently, the lost Hebrew original is thought to have used an ... wives of the patriarchs according to the Hebrew books called Jubilees suggests ...13 KB (2,033 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- most notably the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Hebrew ... in founding the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (today called ...16 KB (2,521 words) - 18:59, 7 March 2024
- Testament (the Septuagint), Aramaic and Hebrew fragments of the book were ... fragmentary texts in Aramaic and one in Hebrew were found at Qumran. ...8 KB (1,317 words) - 15:33, 30 January 2024
- often referred to the The Gra—from the Hebrew acronym "Gaon Rabbi ... to translate the works of Euclid into Hebrew. After his death, his primary ...13 KB (1,989 words) - 16:13, 13 February 2024
- translation), written in three languages (Hebrew, Latin, and Greek), was affixed ... nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin" ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- . He is said to have learned to read Hebrew by age three, and by five ... a grant to travel to Italy to examine the Hebrew manuscripts in the great ...13 KB (1,934 words) - 01:02, 4 February 2023
- The Book of Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and of the Christian Old Testament. Also known to Jews as the Megillah (Scroll) it is the basis ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- first professor of Jewish mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ... intervention, he was allowed to study Hebrew and the Talmud with an Orthodox ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 17:57, 14 December 2023
- Old Testament but are not present in the Hebrew Bible. The word deuterocanonical ... appear to have been written originally in Hebrew, but the original text has ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 10:09, 29 January 2024
- The Tannaim (Hebrew: he|תנאים , singular tmr|תנא , tanna) were the Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approx ...11 KB (1,610 words) - 04:25, 27 February 2023
- The Book of Ruth (Hebrew: מגילת רות, Megilat Rut, "the Scroll of Ruth") is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. Classified ...10 KB (1,594 words) - 00:40, 19 November 2023
- Shema Yisrael (or Sh'ma Yisroel or just Shema) (Hebrew: שמע ישראל; "Hear, [O] Israel") refers to the most important prayer ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 13:27, 27 January 2023
- works of Greek and Arabic scholarship into Hebrew, making them accessible to ... to translate Aristotle and Averroes into Hebrew. He also produced the first ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 03:04, 23 December 2022
- Habakkuk or Havakuk (Hebrew: חֲבַקּוּק, Standard Ḥavaqquq Tiberian Ḥăḇaqqûq ) was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He was the eighth ...13 KB (2,086 words) - 00:31, 30 July 2023
- The menorah (Hebrew: מנורה) is a sacred candelabrum used in Jewish ritual practice, and one of the oldest symbols of the Jewish people. ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:09, 9 November 2022
- In the biblical story of Samson, it is a temple of Dagon which the ... Dagon's name appears in Hebrew as דגון (transcribed Dagon ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 07:45, 12 January 2024
- The mezuzah must be handwritten in Hebrew on a special parchment, which ... The rendering of the Hebrew text on the scroll is a matter requiring ...13 KB (2,058 words) - 16:32, 9 November 2022
- Rashbam (רשב"ם) is a Hebrew acronym for Rabbi Shmuel ben Meir (c. 1085 - c. 1158). He was the grandson and student of the great Jewish ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 00:39, 8 December 2022
- often used as an exact translation of the Hebrew phrase Sifrut Hazal (ספרות ... Midrash (pl. Midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to a method of ...11 KB (1,477 words) - 16:16, 7 December 2022
- Karaites, Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Jewish denomination characterized by the sole reliance on the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) as scripture, and ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 07:10, 5 October 2022
- is an apocryphal book written in Hebrew c. 180–175 B.C.E., attributed to Yeshua/Jesus ben Sira (born c. 170). Although it was not accepted ...16 KB (2,553 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- gifted linguist (fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian, Latin, ... *Jehovah (from a transliterated Hebrew construction in the Old Testament; ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 20:44, 13 May 2023
- Gideon (Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, Gidʻon), also known as Jerubbaal, was a judge appearing in the biblical Book of Judges. He was the son of ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- the earliest known reference to the Hebrew god Yahweh as the national ... much in common with an early form of Hebrew, known as Biblical Hebrew ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. The term originally meant "songs sung to a harp, ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- means "fiery" or "burning" in Hebrew. Shortly later he was ordained a hierodeacon. He was ordained again in 1793, this time as a ...6 KB (862 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- for Krochmal's own Guide, and other Hebrew literature and Hebrew philosophical ... He was not a prolific writer. Besides some Hebrew essays in periodicals ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- Gabriel (Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל, or Jibril; Arabic: جبريل; ... The angel Gabriel is first mentioned in the Book of Daniel in the ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 07:35, 15 April 2024
- the Middle Ages in Babylonia. However, the Hebrew Bible indicates that the ... The most famous Hebrew singer of psalms was King David, although his ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- The word "Rabbi" is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב ... study, and attendant languages (e.g., Hebrew, Aramaic and in some cases ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 16:07, 7 December 2022
- Saadia Ben Joseph Gaon (882-942 C.E.), (Hebrew:סעדיה בן יוסף גאון ) also known by his Arabic name Said al-Fayyumi, was a prominent ...22 KB (3,468 words) - 18:29, 22 December 2022
- The term "Minor Prophets" refers to the reported authors of the twelve short prophetic texts included within the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- A yarmulke (Hebrew: יאַרמלקע meaning "cap") is a thin, slightly-rounded skullcap traditionally worn by Orthodox Jewish men ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- is also the start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar. It is observed ... meal on Rosh Hashanah. The traditional Hebrew greeting on Rosh Hashanahh ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- Asherah (Hebrew אשרה), also spelled Ashera, was a major northwest Semitic mother goddess, appearing also in Akkadian sources as Ashratu, ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
