Search results for "Jewish services" - New World Encyclopedia
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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
