Search results for "613 mitzvot" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • religious law, including biblical law (the 613 biblical commandments) and ... Halakha constitutes the practical application of the 613 mitzvot ...
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  • The Rabbis extrapolated a total of 613 mitzvot or commandments from the ... Other works dispute that exactly 613 mitzvot exist. The tzitzit ( ...
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  • the world and the importance of keeping all 613 commandments. Rashi, a prominent ... totaling 13. The sum of all numbers is 613, traditionally the number ...
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  • Orthodox Judaism is the Jewish tradition that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics promulgated ...
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  • a poem called Azharot which sets out the 613 Biblical commandments. The ... of the kabbalistic Sefer Yetzirah, the 613 commandments as enumerated ...
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  • Mezuzah to Jewish residences is one of the 613 commandments in Judaism. ... the Universe, Who sanctified us with His mitzvot, and commanded us to affix ...
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  • complete system of laws, particularly the 613 mitzvot ("commandments"), which constitute the Torah, the divine law that governs the life of ...
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  • of Moses). According to rabbinic tradition there are 613 commandments in the Torah, although many laws were only applicable when the Temple in Jerusalem ...
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  • of the Amalekite king Agag. Of the 613 mitzvot (commandments) followed by Orthodox Jews, three refer to the Amalekites: to remember what the ...
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  • *"acceptance" of the 613 mitzvot (commandments); *"identification" with the Jewish people; *demonstration of the "ministry ...
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  • complete system of laws, particularly the 613 mitzvot ("commandments"), the divine law that governs the life of observant Jews. For observant ...
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  • to have 613 seeds, which corresponds with the 613 mitzvot or commandments of the Torah. For this reason and others many Jews eat pomegranates on Rosh ...
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  • Sabbatai Zevi, ( שַׁבְּתַי צְבִי|Shabbetay Ẓevi ) (other spellings include Shabbethai, Sabbetai, ; Zvi, Tzvi) (August 1, 1626 ...
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  • Male Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis. The word "circumcision" ...
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