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Abraham Khalfon
Abraham Khalfon (אברהם כלפון, Avraham Khalfon, 1741–1819) was a Sephardi Jewish community leader, historian, scholar, and paytan in Tripoli, Libya.
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Abrahamic religions
The Abrahamic religions, also referred to collectively as Abrahamism, are a group of Semitic-originated religious communities of faith that claim descent from the practices of the ancient Israelites and the worship of the God of Abraham.
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Acra (fortress)
The Acra or Akra (חקרא or חקרה, Ἄκρα) was a fortified compound in Jerusalem built by Antiochus Epiphanes, ruler of the Seleucid Empire, following his sack of the city in 168 BCE.
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Albert L. Lewis
Rabbi Albert L. Lewis (July 6, 1917 – February 10, 2008) (Hebrew: הרב אברהם אריה בן חיים יוסף ושרה בילא) was a leading American Conservative rabbi, scholar, and author; President of the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international organization of Conservative rabbis; and Vice-President of The World Council of Synagogues.
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Aposthia
Aposthia is a rare congenital condition in humans, in which the foreskin of the penis is missing.
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Ari Synagogue
The Ari Synagogue (בית הכנסת הארי) is situated on Or HaHaim Street in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Artur Carlos de Barros Basto
Artur Carlos de Barros Basto (אברהם ישראל בן-ראש; Abraham Israel Ben-Rosh) was born December 18, 1887 in Amarante, Portugal, and died in Porto on March 8, 1961.
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Assyrian people
Assyrian people (ܐܫܘܪܝܐ), or Syriacs (see terms for Syriac Christians), are an ethnic group indigenous to the Middle East.
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Baladi-rite prayer
The Baladi-rite Prayer is the oldest known prayer-rite used by Yemenite Jews, transcribed in a tiklāl ("siddur", plural tikālil) in Yemenite Jewish parlance.
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Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Bar Mitzvah (בַּר מִצְוָה) is a Jewish coming of age ritual for boys.
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Bar Kokhba revolt
The Bar Kokhba revolt (מרד בר כוכבא; Mered Bar Kokhba) was a rebellion of the Jews of the Roman province of Judea, led by Simon bar Kokhba, against the Roman Empire.
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Behaalotecha
Behaalotecha, Beha'alotecha, Beha'alothekha, or Behaaloscha (— Hebrew for "when you step up," the 11th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 36th weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Numbers.
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Beit El Synagogue
The Beit El Synagogue ("House of God" synagogue), (also known as Midrash Hasidim and Yeshivat haMekubalim) has been (and remains to this day) the center of kabbalistic study in Jerusalem for over 250 years.
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Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)
The Benedictus (also Song of Zechariah or Canticle of Zachary), given in Gospel of, is one of the three canticles in the opening chapters of this Gospel, the other two being the "Magnificat" and the "Nunc dimittis".
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Berith
Berith may refer to.
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Beth El Congregation (Pikesville, Maryland)
Beth El Congregation is a synagogue located in Pikesville, Maryland.
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Beth Israel Synagogue (Edmonton)
Beth Israel Synagogue (בית ישראל) is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located at 131 Wolf Willow Road NW in the Oleskiw neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Beth Shalom Synagogue (Edmonton)
Beth Shalom Synagogue is a Conservative synagogue located at 11916 Jasper Avenue in the Oliver neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Biblical literalist chronology
Biblical literalist chronology is the attempt to correlate the theological dates used in the Bible with the real chronology of actual events.
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Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.
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Binyomin Paler
Rabbi Binyomin Paler (בנימין פלר; 1908 – August 6, 2000) was a Haredi rosh yeshiva and Talmudist who is regarded as one of those who brought the Brisk yeshivas and methods from Europe to the United States.
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Birchon
A birchon also birkon (plural: birchonim or birkonim) is a booklet of prayers based around a particular event such as the Jewish sabbath.
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Birkat Hamazon
Birkat Hamazon or Birkat Hammazon, known in English as the Grace After Meals (בענטשן; translit. bentshn or "to bless", Yinglish: Benching), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Halakha ("collective body of Jewish religious laws") prescribes following a meal that includes at least a ke-zayit (olive sized) piece of bread or matzoh made from one or all of wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt.
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Black Hebrew Israelites
Black Hebrew Israelites (also called Black Hebrews, African Hebrew Israelites, and Hebrew Israelites) are groups of Black Americans who believe that they are descendants of the ancient Israelites.
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Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis (from the Latin Vulgate, in turn borrowed or transliterated from Greek "", meaning "Origin"; בְּרֵאשִׁית, "Bərēšīṯ", "In beginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) and the Old Testament.
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Bris (disambiguation)
Bris may refer to.
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Brisker method
The Brisker method, or Brisker derech, is a reductionistic approach to Talmud study innovated by Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk (Brest, Belarus), as opposed to the traditional approach which was rather holistic.
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Brit
Brit, Brits or BRIT may refer to.
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Brit rechitzah
Brit Rechitzah (covenant of washing) is an alternative ceremony to Brit milah performed by progressive Jews who are opposed to circumcision as a blood ritual.
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Brit shalom (naming ceremony)
Brit shalom (ברית שלום ("covenant of peace"), also called alternative brit (or bris in Yiddish and Ashkenazi Hebrew), brit ben, brit chayim or brit tikkun, is a naming ceremony for newborn Jewish boys that does not involve circumcision. It is intended to replace the traditional brit milah, and is promoted by groups such as Beyond the Bris and Jews Against Circumcision. The term is generally not used for girls, since their naming ceremony does not involve circumcision. Brit shalom is recognized by organizations affiliated with Humanistic Judaism like the Society for Humanistic Judaism, The Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations, and the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, but officially it is not by any of the major denominations in Judaism. The reform movement rabbis welcome these families in their community, but do not advertise this in public.
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Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation
The Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation is an independent French organization founded by Isaac Schneersohn in Grenoble, France in 1943 during the Second World War to preserve the evidence of Nazi war crimes for future generations.
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Central Synagogue of Aleppo
The Central Synagogue of Aleppo, (בית הכנסת המרכזי בחאלֶבּ, كنيس حلب المركزي), also known as the Great Synagogue of Aleppo, Joab's Synagogue or Al-Bandara Synagogue (كنيس البندرة), has been a Jewish place of worship since the 5th century C.E. in Aleppo.
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Chabad outreach
Chabad Hasidic outreach is a Kiruv phenomena, whereby Chabad Chasidim attempt to encourage Jews to adopt Orthodox Jewish observance.
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Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz
Chaim Leib Halevi Shmuelevitz, (חיים לייב שמואלביץ;1902–1979), -- also spelled Shmulevitz, in Hebrew שמולביץ -- was a member of the faculty of the Mirrer Yeshiva for more than 40 years, in Poland, Shanghai and Jerusalem, serving as Rosh yeshiva during its sojourn in Shanghai from 1941 to 1947, and again in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Jerusalem from 1965 to 1979.
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Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (חיים פנחס שיינברג;‎ 1 October 1910 – 20 March 2012) was a Polish-born, American-raised, Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva who, from 1965, made his home in the Kiryat Mattersdorf neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel.
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Chanoch Dov Padwa
Rabbi Chanoch Dov Padwa (17 August 1908 – 16 August 2000) was a world-renowned Orthodox Jewish posek, Talmudist and rabbinic leader.
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Chesed
Chesed (חֶסֶד, also Romanized ḥesed) is a Hebrew word with the basic meaning "zeal, affect", from the root heth-samekh-dalet "eager and ardent desire".
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Christian views on the Old Covenant
The Mosaic covenant or Law of Moses which Christians generally call the "Old Covenant" (in contrast to the New Covenant) has played an important role in the origins of Christianity and has occasioned serious dispute and controversy since the beginnings of Christianity: note for example Jesus' teaching of the Law during his Sermon on the Mount and the circumcision controversy in early Christianity.
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Christianity in the 1st century
Christianity in the 1st century deals with the formative years of the Early Christian community.
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Church of God and Saints of Christ
The Church of God and Saints of Christ is a Black Hebrew Israelite religious group established in Lawrence, Kansas, by William Saunders Crowdy in 1896.
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Circumcision
Male circumcision is the removal of the foreskin from the human penis.
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Circumcision and law
Laws restricting, regulating, or banning circumcision, some dating back to ancient times, have been enacted in many countries and communities.
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Circumcision controversies
Male circumcision has often been, and remains, the subject of controversy on a number of grounds—including religious, ethical, sexual, and health.
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Circumcision controversy in early Christianity
The Council of Jerusalem during the Apostolic Age of the history of Christianity did not include religious male circumcision as a requirement for new gentile converts.
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Circumcision of Jesus
The circumcision of Jesus is an event from the life of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke, which states in verse 2:21 that Jesus was circumcised eight days after his birth (traditionally January 1).
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Circumcision surgical procedure
Circumcision surgical procedure in males involves either a conventional "cut and stitch" surgical procedure or use of a circumcision instrument or device.
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Congregation Shaare Zion
Congregation Shaare Zion is an Orthodox Sephardic synagogue located at 2030 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus; Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Μέγας; 27 February 272 ADBirth dates vary but most modern historians use 272". Lenski, "Reign of Constantine" (CC), 59. – 22 May 337 AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian and Greek origin from 306 to 337 AD.
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Conversion to Judaism
Conversion to Judaism (גיור, giyur) is the religious conversion of non-Jews to become members of the Jewish religion and Jewish ethnoreligious community.
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Council of Jerusalem
The Council of Jerusalem or Apostolic Council was held in Jerusalem around AD 50.
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Covenant (biblical)
A biblical covenant is a religious covenant that is described in the Bible.
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Covenant of the pieces
According to the Hebrew Bible, the covenant of the pieces or covenant between the parts (Hebrew: ברית בין הבתרים berith bayin hebatrim) was an important event in the biblical story of the patriarch Abraham.
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Criticism of Judaism
Criticism of Judaism refers to criticism of Jewish religious doctrines, texts, laws and practices.
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David (Michelangelo)
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo.
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David ben Aryeh Leib
Rabbi David ben Aryeh Leib of Lida (1650 – 1696) wrote works of rabbinic literature, including Sefer Shomer Shabbat and books on the 613 Mitzvot, bris milah, the Shulchan Aruch, the Book of Ruth, and Jewish ethics (Divrei David, 1671).
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Dönmeh
The Dönmeh (Dönme) were a group of crypto-Sabbateans (commonly referred to as crypto-Jews) in the Ottoman Empire who converted publicly to Islam, but were said to have retained their beliefs.
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Early centers of Christianity
Early Christianity (generally considered the time period from its origin to the First Council of Nicaea in 325) spread from the Eastern Mediterranean throughout the Roman Empire and beyond.
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Echad Mi Yodea
Echad Mi Yodea (Yiddish: ווער קענ זאָגן ווער קענ רעדן ver ken zogn ver ken redn) (Ladino: "ken supyese i entendyese") (Hebrew: אחד מי יודע ekhád mi yodeá) (Bukhori: Yakumin ki medonad?) (Who Knows One?) is a traditional cumulative song sung on Passover and found in the haggadah.
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Ed Ames
Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick; July 9, 1927) is an American popular singer and actor.
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Ed Mirvish
Edwin "Honest Ed" Mirvish, (July 24, 1914 – July 11, 2007) was an American-Canadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario who lived in Toronto, Ontario.
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Eikev
Eikev, Ekev, Ekeb, Aikev, or Eqeb (— Hebrew for "if," the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 46th weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Deuteronomy.
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Elijah
Elijah (meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah") or latinized form Elias (Ἡλίας, Elías; ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, Elyāe; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, Ilyās or Ilyā) was, according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible, a prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Ahab (9th century BC).
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Elohekhem
Elohekhem (אלהיכם) is a genre of piyyut, which arose among Jews in 12th-century Germany, to be inserted in the Qedusha of the Musaf prayer.
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Emanuel Feldman
Emanuel Feldman (born 1927) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth Jacob of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Ethiopian Jews in Israel
Ethiopian Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Beta Israel communities of Ethiopia, who now reside in Israel.
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Eva and Abraham Beem
Eva and Abraham Beem were Dutch Jewish siblings and victims of the Holocaust in the Netherlands.
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Everything Relative
Everything Relative is a 1996 American comedy-drama independent film written and directed by Sharon Pollack.
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Ezekiel Isaac Malekar
RabbiEzekiel Isaac Malekar is the head of the Jewish community in New Delhi, India.
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Fill the Void
Fill the Void (למלא את החלל - lemale et ha'ḥalal) is a 2012 Israeli drama film written and directed by Rama Burshtein.
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Foot washing
Maundy (from the Vulgate of John 13:34 mandatum meaning "command"), or the Washing of the Feet, is a religious rite observed by various Christian denominations.
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Gavriel Holtzberg
Gavriel Noach Holtzberg (גבריאל נח הולצברג; 9 June 1979 – 26 November 2008) was an Israeli American Orthodox rabbi and the Chabad emissary to Mumbai, India, where he and his wife Rivka ran the Mumbai Chabad House.
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Genealogy
Genealogy (from γενεαλογία from γενεά, "generation" and λόγος, "knowledge"), also known as family history, is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jacob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century.
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Given name
A given name (also known as a first name, forename or Christian name) is a part of a person's personal name.
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GLOW (TV series)
GLOW is an American comedy web television series created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch.
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Godparent
A godparent (also known as a sponsor), in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who bears witness to a child's baptism and then aids in their catechesis, as well as their lifelong spiritual formation.
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Gospel of the Nazarenes
The Gospel of the Nazarenes (also Nazareans, Nazaraeans, Nazoreans, or Nazoraeans) is the traditional but hypothetical name given by some scholars to distinguish some of the references to, or citations of, non-canonical Jewish-Christian Gospels extant in patristic writings from other citations believed to derive from different Gospels.
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Great Synagogue of Vilna
The Great Synagogue of Vilna, which once stood at the end of Jewish Street (I-2), Vilnius, Lithuania, was built between 1630 and 1633 after permission was granted to construct a synagogue from stone.
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Hadrian
Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138 AD) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138.
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Halukka
The halukka or chalukah (חלוקה) was an organized collection and distribution of charity funds for Jewish residents of the Holy Land.
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Hamburg Temple
The Hamburg Temple (Israelitischer Tempel) was first permanent Reform synagogue and the first ever to have a Reform prayer rite.
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Hanukkah
Hanukkah (חֲנֻכָּה, Tiberian:, usually spelled rtl, pronounced in Modern Hebrew, or in Yiddish; a transliteration also romanized as Chanukah or Ḥanukah) is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire.
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Harold of Gloucester
Saint Harold (died 1168) was a child martyr who was reported to have been slain by Jews in Gloucester, England, in 1168.
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Hazzan
A hazzan or chazzan (חַזָּן, plural; Yiddish khazn; Ladino hassan) is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who helps lead the congregation in songful prayer.
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Hellenistic Judaism
Hellenistic Judaism was a form of Judaism in the ancient world that combined Jewish religious tradition with elements of Greek culture.
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Hillel Poisic
Rabbi Hillel Poisic (15.1.1881 Zlatopol, Ukraine – 1953 Tel Aviv, Israel) was a communal worker and Torah scholar.
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History of male circumcision
The oldest documentary evidence of male circumcision comes from ancient Egypt.
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History of the Jews in Africa
African Jewish communities include.
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History of the Jews in Hamburg
The history of the Jews in Hamburg in Germany, is recorded from at least 1590 on.
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History of the Jews in Italy
The history of the Jews in Italy spans more than two thousand years.
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History of the Jews in southern Florida
The history of the Jews in South Florida dates back to the early 19th century.
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History of the Jews in Tunisia
The history of the Jews in Tunisia extends over nearly two thousand years and goes back to the Punic era.
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History of the Jews of Nicaragua
Jewish Nicaraguans or Nicaraguan Jews (Judío Nicaragüense) are Nicaraguans of Jewish ancestry who were born in or have immigrated to Nicaragua.
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Hoshaiah Rabbah
Hoshaiah Rabbah or Hoshayya Rabbah (also "Roba", "Berabbi", Hebrew: אושעיא בריבי) was Palestinian amora of the first amoraic generation (about 200 AD), compiler of baraitot explaining the Mishnah-Tosefta.
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Human penis
The human penis is an external male intromittent organ that additionally serves as the urinal duct.
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Humanistic Judaism
Humanistic Judaism (Yahdut Humanistit) is a Jewish movement that offers a nontheistic alternative in contemporary Jewish life.
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Ike's Wee Wee
"Ike's Wee Wee" is the third episode in the second season of the American animated television series South Park.
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Index of Jewish history-related articles
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Index of religion-related articles
Many Wikipedia articles on religious topics are not yet listed on this page.
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Isaac de Pinto
Isaac de Pinto (Amsterdam, 10 April 1717 – 13 August 1787 in the Hague) was a Dutch Jew of Portuguese origin, a merchant/banker, one of the main investors in the Dutch East India Company, a scholar, philosophe and a pre-Keynesian, who concentrated on Jewish emancipation and National Debt.
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Isaac Luria
Isaac (ben Solomon) Luria Ashkenazi (1534Fine 2003, p. – July 25, 1572) (יִצְחָק בן שלמה לוּרְיָא אשכנזי Yitzhak Ben Sh'lomo Lurya Ashkenazi), commonly known in Jewish religious circles as "Ha'ARI" (meaning "The Lion"), "Ha'ARI Hakadosh" or "ARIZaL", was a foremost rabbi and Jewish mystic in the community of Safed in the Galilee region of Ottoman Syria.
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Ishmael
Ishmael Ἰσμαήλ Ismaēl; Classical/Qur'anic Arabic: إِسْمَٰعِيْل; Modern Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ʾIsmāʿīl; Ismael) is a figure in the Tanakh and the Quran and was Abraham's first son according to Jews, Christians and Muslims. Ishmael was born to Abraham and Sarah's handmaiden Hagar (Hājar).. According to the Genesis account, he died at the age of 137. The Book of Genesis and Islamic traditions consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of the Ishmaelites and patriarch of Qaydār. According to Muslim tradition, Ishmael the Patriarch and his mother Hagar are said to be buried next to the Kaaba in Mecca.
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Italian Jews
Italian Jews (Ebrei italiani, יהודים איטלקים Yehudim Italkim) can be used in a broad sense to mean all Jews living or with roots in Italy, or, in a narrower sense, to mean the Italkim, an ancient community who use the Italian liturgy as distinct from the communities dating from medieval or modern times who use the Sephardic liturgy or the Nusach Ashkenaz.
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Jacob HaGozer
Rabbi Jacob HaGozer, also Rabbi Ya'akov HaGozeir and other transliterations, was an early 13th century German Rabbi and mohel.
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Jewish holidays
Jewish holidays, also known as Jewish festivals or Yamim Tovim ("Good Days", or singular Yom Tov, in transliterated Hebrew), are holidays observed in Judaism and by JewsThis article focuses on practices of mainstream Rabbinic Judaism.
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Jewish Museum Munich
The Jewish Museum Munich, provides an overview of Munich’s Jewish history and is part of the city's new Jewish Center located at Sankt-Jakobs-Platz in Munich, Germany.
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Jewish western art music
The Jewish western art music is the art music which is created for performing and singing in a synagogue and is similar to the creation of church music known as classical music.
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Jews
Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.
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Joel Teitelbaum
Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum (יואל טייטלבוים, Ashkenazi pronunciation:; 13 January 1887 – 19 August 1979) was the founder and first Grand Rebbe of the Satmar dynasty.
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John 7
John 7 is the seventh chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
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Judah P. Benjamin
Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 11, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who was a United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister.
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Judaism
Judaism (originally from Hebrew, Yehudah, "Judah"; via Latin and Greek) is the religion of the Jewish people.
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Khitan (circumcision)
Khitan (ختان) or Khatna (ختنة) is the term for male circumcision carried out as an Islamic rite by Muslims.
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Kiever Synagogue
The Kiever Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Kimba Wood
Kimba Maureen Wood (born January 21, 1944) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Kippah
A kippah (also spelled as kippa, kipah; כִּיפָּה, plural: kippot; קאפל koppel or יאַרמולקע) or) is a brimless cap, usually made of cloth, worn by Jews to fulfill the customary requirement held by Orthodox halachic authorities that the head be covered.
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Klausen Synagogue
The Klausen Synagogue is nowadays the largest synagogue in the former Prague Jewish ghetto and also a single example of an early Baroque synagogue in the area.
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Kol Bo
Kol Bo (Hebrew: כל-בו) is a collection of Jewish ritual and civil laws.
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Kosher wine
Kosher wine is grape wine produced according to Judaism's religious law, specifically, Jewish dietary laws (kashrut).
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Lazar Horowitz
Lazar Horowitz, or Eleazar HaLevi Ish Horowitz, Eleasar ben David Josua Hoeschel Horowitz, aka El'azar Hurwitz (1803/1804, Floß, Upper Palatinate - June 11, 1868, Vöslau) was an Orthodox Rabbi who led the Orthodox Jewish community of Vienna during the Vormärz period.
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Lech-Lecha
Lech-Lecha, Lekh-Lekha, or Lech-L'cha (leḵ-ləḵā — Hebrew for "go!" or "leave!", literally "go for you" — the fifth and sixth words in the parashah) is the third weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
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Leonardo Dati
Leonardo di Piero Dati (1360 – 16 March 1425) was an Italian friar and humanist.
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List of chairs
The following is a partial list of chair types, with internal or external cross-references about most of the chairs.
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List of English words of Hebrew origin
This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin.
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List of English words of Yiddish origin
This is a list of words that have entered the English language from the Yiddish language, many of them by way of American English.
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List of GLOW characters
GLOW is an American television series created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, based on the women's wrestling promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW).
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List of The League of Gentlemen characters
This article contains a list of the numerous characters featured in various media by the British comedy troupe known as The League of Gentlemen.
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List of Weeds characters
This is a list of characters from the television series Weeds.
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Lord George Gordon
Lord George Gordon (26 December 1751 – 1 November 1793) was a British politician best known for lending his name to the Gordon Riots of 1780.
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Louis Ginzberg
Rabbi Louis Ginzberg (לוי גינצבורג, Levy Gintzburg, November 28, 1873 – November 11, 1953) was a Talmudist and leading figure in the Conservative Movement of Judaism of the twentieth century.
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Maamarim (Chabad)
Maamarim/Ma'amorim (Hebrew: מאמרים, meaning "Discourses", singular MaamarHebrew: מאמר) in Chabad Hasidism are the central format texts of in-depth mystical investigation in Hasidic thought.
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Mad TV (season 4)
The fourth season of Mad TV, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on the Fox Network between August 29, 1998, and May 22, 1999.
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Magen Avot (piyyut)
Magen Avot is a genre of piyyut designed to be inserted into the blessing Berakha Aḥat Me‘en Sheva‘ in the Jewish liturgy for Friday evening, right before the words “Magen avot bidvaro” (“He shielded the patriarchs with His word”), from which the name of the genre is taken.
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Martyr
A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, "witness"; stem μάρτυρ-, mártyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a belief or cause as demanded by an external party.
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Masortim
Masortim (מסורתיים, lit. "Traditional ", also known as Shomrei Masoret,, "upholders of tradition")' is an Israeli term of self-definition, describing those who perceive and describe themselves as neither strictly religious (Dati) nor secular (Hiloni).
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Matisyahu
Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his Hebrew and stage name Matisyahu (מתּתיהו, "Gift of God"), is a Jewish American reggae vocalist, beatboxer, and alternative rock musician.
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Melchizedek
Melchizedek, Melkisetek, or Malki Tzedek (Hebrew: malkī-ṣeḏeq, "king of righteousness"; Amharic: መልከ ጼዴቅ malkī-ṣeḏeq; Armenian: Մելքիսեդեք, Melkisetek), was the king of Salem and priest of El Elyon ("God most high") mentioned in the 14th chapter of the Book of Genesis.
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Menachem Shlomo Bornsztain
Menachem Shlomo Bornsztain (11 October 1934–10 August 1969), also spelled Borenstein, Bornstein, or Bernstein, was the fifth Rebbe of the Sochatchov Hasidic dynasty.
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Mikveh
Mikveh or mikvah (mikva'ot, mikvoth, mikvot, or (Yiddish) mikves, "a collection") is a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity.
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Military chaplain
A military chaplain ministers to military personnel and, in most cases, their families and civilians working for the military.
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Military Rabbinate
The Military Rabbinate (Hebrew: חיל הרבנות הצבאית, Heil HaRabanut HaTzvait) is a corps in the Israel Defense Forces that provides religious services to soldiers, primarily to Jews but also including non-Jews, and makes decisions on issues of religion and military affairs.
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Mnachem Risikoff
Mnachem (Mendel) HaKohen Risikoff (1866–1960), was an orthodox rabbi in Russia and the United States, and a prolific author of scholarly works, written in Hebrew.
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Mohel
A mohel (מוֹהֵל, Ashkenazi pronunciation, plural: mohalim, מוֹהֲלָא mohala, "circumciser") is a Jew trained in the practice of brit milah, the "covenant of circumcision.".
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Moses Hyamson
Rabbi Moses Hyamson (September 3, 1862 – June 9, 1949) was an Orthodox rabbi, former head Dayan of the London Beth Din and between 1911 and 1913, acting Chief Rabbi of the British Empire.
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Moses in rabbinic literature
Allusions in rabbinic literature to the biblical character Moses, who led the people of Israel out of Egypt and through their wanderings in the wilderness, contain various expansions, elaborations and inferences beyond what is presented in the text of the Bible itself.
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Moshe David Tendler
Moshe David Tendler (born August 7, 1926) is an American rabbi, professor of biology and expert in medical ethics.
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Moshe Wallach
Moshe (Moritz) Wallach (28 December 1866 – 8 April 1957) was a German Jewish physician and pioneering medical practitioner in Jerusalem.
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Moyl: The Story of a Traveling Jewish Ritual Circumciser
Moyl: The Story of a Traveling Jewish Ritual Circumciser, is a 2004 documentary film directed by Moti Krauthamer.
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Nachman of Breslov
Nachman of Breslov (נחמן מברסלב), also known as Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Reb Nachman Breslover (רבי נחמן ברעסלאווער), Nachman from Uman (April 4, 1772 – October 16, 1810), was the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement.
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Naming ceremony
A naming ceremony is the event at which an infant, a youth, or an adult or relatives is given a name or names.
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Nessah Synagogue
The Nessah Synagogue is a Sephardic synagogue in Beverly Hills, California.
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Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller
Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller (21 January 1805 in Hamburg – 10 October 1876 in Hamburg) was a jurist, senator and First Mayor of Hamburg and head of state from 1863 to 1864; 1866 to 1867; 1870 to 1873.
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Noah in rabbinic literature
Allusions in rabbinic literature to the Biblical character Noah, who saved his family and representatives of all the animals from a great flood by constructing an ark, contain various expansions, elaborations and inferences beyond what is presented in the text of the Bible itself.
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Nunc dimittis
The Nunc dimittis (also Song of Simeon or Canticle of Simeon) is a canticle from the opening words from the Vulgate translation of the New Testament in the second chapter of Luke named after its incipit in Latin, meaning "Now you dismiss".
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Origins of Rabbinic Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism or Rabbinism has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century, after the codification of the Talmud.
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Outline of Judaism
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Judaism.
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Passover
Passover or Pesach (from Hebrew Pesah, Pesakh) is a major, biblically derived Jewish holiday.
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Paysach Krohn
Paysach J. Krohn (born January 29, 1945) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, mohel, author, and lecturer on topics related to ethics and spiritual growth.
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Pesach Stein
Rabbi Pesach Yitzhak Stein (1918 - 2002) was a renowned Rosh Yeshiva at the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Pidyon haben
The pidyon haben (פדיון הבן) or redemption of the first-born son is a mitzvah in Judaism whereby a Jewish firstborn son is "redeemed" by use of silver coins from his birth-state of sanctity, i.e. from being predestined by his firstborn status to serve as a priest.
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Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
Pittsburg is a Hasidic dynasty founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1924 by Rabbi Yosef Leifer, a Hungarian rabbi and descendant of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna.
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Pizmonim
Pizmonim (Hebrew פזמונים, singular pizmon) are traditional Jewish songs and melodies sung with the intention of praising God as well as learning certain aspects of traditional religious teachings.
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Political views of Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British-American author, polemicist, debater and journalist who in his youth took part in demonstrations against the Vietnam War, joined organisations such as the International Socialists while at university and began to identify as a socialist.
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Psalm 105
Psalm 105 is the 105th psalm from the Book of Psalms.
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Psalm 119
Psalm 119 (Greek numbering: Psalm 118) is the longest psalm as well as the longest chapter in the Bible.
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Psalm 12
Psalm 12 is the 12th psalm from the Book of Psalms.
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Psalm 65
Psalm 65 is the 65th psalm from the Book of Psalms.
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Putti, Uganda
Putti is a village in the Pallisa District of Uganda.
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Rachel Factor
Rachel Factor (born Christine Frances Masave Horii; 1968; Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American Orthodox Jewish singer, dancer, actress, and performing-arts instructor.
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Rav Assi
Rav Assi (רב אסי), a Kohen, was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon, of the first generation of the Amora era.
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Rebbe
Rebbe (רבי: or Oxford Dictionary of English, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary) is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word rabbi, which means 'master', 'teacher', or 'mentor'.
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Reform Judaism
Reform Judaism (also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism) is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of the faith, the superiority of its ethical aspects to the ceremonial ones, and a belief in a continuous revelation not centered on the theophany at Mount Sinai.
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Reformed baptismal theology
In Reformed theology, baptism is a sacrament signifying the baptized person's union with Christ, or becoming part of Christ and being treated as if they had done everything Christ had.
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Religion in Haiti
Haiti, for much of its history and including present-day has been prevailingly a Christian country, primarily Roman Catholic, although in some instances it is profoundly modified and influenced through syncretism.
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Religious Jewish music
This article describes the principal types of religious Jewish music from the days of the Temple to modern times.
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Religious male circumcision
Religious male circumcision generally occurs shortly after birth, during childhood or around puberty as part of a rite of passage.
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Rite of passage
A rite of passage is a ceremony of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another.
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Sabbateans
Sabbateans (Sabbatians) is a complex general term that refers to a variety of followers of disciples and believers in Sabbatai Zevi (1626–1676), a Jewish rabbi who was proclaimed to be the Jewish Messiah in 1665 by Nathan of Gaza.
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Sadqa Hussein
Sadqa Hussein (Hebrew: צדקה חוצין; in Ashkenazi Hebrew: Tzadka Chutzin; February 3, 1876 – February 17, 1961) was a Sephardi dayan, mohel, and spiritual leader to the Iraqi Jewish community in Iraq and Israel.
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Samuel Holdheim
Samuel Holdheim (1806 – 22 August 1860) was a German rabbi and author, and one of the more extreme leaders of the early Reform Movement in Judaism.
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Sandek
A sandek (סנדק 'companion of child') is a person honored at a Jewish brit milah (circumcision) ceremony, traditionally either by holding the baby boy on the knees or thighs while the mohel performs the brit milah, or by handing the baby to the mohel.
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Schwester Selma
Selma Mayer, known as Schwester Selma (German for "Sister Selma" or "Nurse Selma") (February 3, 1884 – February 5, 1984) was the head nurse at the original Shaare Zedek Hospital on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem for nearly 50 years.
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Seder ha-Mishmarah
The Seder ha-Mishmarah is a study cycle devised by the Ben Ish Ḥai and used by some Mizrahi Jews (Jews of Near and Middle Eastern origin) for reading the whole of the Hebrew Bible and the Mishnah in the course of a year.
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Sefer Yetzirah
Sefer Yetzirah (Sēpher Yəṣîrâh, Book of Formation, or Book of Creation) is the title of the earliest extant book on Jewish esotericism, although some early commentators treated it as a treatise on mathematical and linguistic theory as opposed to Kabbalah.
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Segula (Kabbalah)
A segula (סגולה, pl. סגולות, segulot, "remedy" or "protection") is protective or benevolent charm or ritual in Kabbalistic and Talmudic tradition.
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Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano
Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano (Latin American Rabbinical Seminary, also known as the Marshall T. Meyer Latin American Rabbinical Seminary) is a Jewish religious, cultural, and academic center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose primary purpose is to educate and ordain rabbis from Latin America who will help to strengthen and sustain Jewish communities throughout the region.
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Seudat mitzvah
A seudat mitzvah (סעודת מצוה, "commanded meal"), in Judaism, is an obligatory festive meal, usually referring to the celebratory meal following the fulfillment of a mitzvah (commandment), such as a bar mitzvah, a wedding, a brit milah (ritual circumcision), or a siyum (completing a tractate of Talmud or Mishnah).
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Sexuality in ancient Rome
Sexuality in ancient Rome, and more broadly, sexual attitudes and behaviors in ancient Rome, are indicated by Roman art, literature and inscriptions, and to a lesser extent by archaeological remains such as erotic artifacts and architecture.
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Sfarmă-Piatră
Sfarmă-Piatră (literally "Stone-Crusher" or "Rock-Breaker", named after one of the Uriași characters in Romanian folklore) was an antisemitic daily, monthly and later weekly newspaper, published in Romania during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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Shalom Zachar
A Shalom Zachar (also: Sholom Zochor, Shulem Zucher, שלום זכר; trans. Welcoming the male; lit. Peace be upon the male), is a gathering which takes place in Ashkenazi Jewish circles on the first Friday night after a baby boy is born.
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Shemini (parsha)
Shemini, Sh'mini, or Shmini (— Hebrew for "eighth," the third word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 26th weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the Book of Leviticus.
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Shemot (parsha)
Shemot, Shemoth, or Shemos (— Hebrew for "names," the second word, and first distinctive word, of the parashah) is the thirteenth weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Exodus.
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Shtefanesht (Hasidic dynasty)
Shtefanesht (שטפנשט) was a Hasidic dynasty named for the town of Ştefăneşti, Romania.
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Shtreimel
A shtreimel (שטרײַמל, plural שטרײַמלעך) is a fur hat worn by many married Haredi Jewish men, particularly (although not exclusively) members of Hasidic Judaism, on Shabbat and Jewish holidays and other festive occasions.
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Siddur and mahzor
The siddur and macḥzor are the two principal types of Jewish prayer books.
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Simcha
Simcha (שִׂמְחָה) is a Hebrew word that means gladness, or joy, and is often used as a given name.
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Simeon Magruder Levy
Simeon Magruder Levy (January 1774 – March 1807), also known as Simon Levy, was an officer in the United States Army.
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Simeon the Yemenite
Simeon the Yemenite (שמעון התֵּימָנִי, translit: Shimon HaTeimani) or the variant Simeon of Timnah (translit) (fl. c. 80 - 120 CE) was a Tanna of possible Yemenite origin who was active in Judaea.
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Solomon Perel
Solomon Perel (also Shlomo Perel or Sally Perel; born 21 April 1925) is an Israeli author and motivational speaker.
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Song of Songs
The Song of Songs, also Song of Solomon or Canticles (Hebrew:, Šîr HašŠîrîm, Greek: ᾎσμα ᾎσμάτων, asma asmaton, both meaning Song of Songs), is one of the megillot (scrolls) found in the last section of the Tanakh, known as the Ketuvim (or "Writings"), and a book of the Old Testament.
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Steven Blane
Steven Blane is an American rabbi, cantor and recording singer-songwriter.
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Sukkot
Sukkot (סוכות or סֻכּוֹת,, commonly translated as Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of the Ingathering, traditional Ashkenazi pronunciation Sukkos or Succos, literally Feast of Booths) is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month, Tishrei (varies from late September to late October).
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Synagogue
A synagogue, also spelled synagog (pronounced; from Greek συναγωγή,, 'assembly', בית כנסת, 'house of assembly' or, "house of prayer", Yiddish: שול shul, Ladino: אסנוגה or קהל), is a Jewish house of prayer.
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Tachanun
Tachanun or Taḥanun (תחנון "Supplication"), also called nefilat apayim ("falling on the face"), is part of Judaism's morning (Shacharit) and afternoon (Mincha) services, after the recitation of the Amidah, the central part of the daily Jewish prayer services.
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Tazria
Tazria, Thazria, Thazri'a, Sazria, or Ki Tazria (— Hebrew for "she conceives", the 13th word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 27th weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Leviticus.
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Temple Emanuel (Kensington, Maryland)
Temple Emanuel is a synagogue located in Kensington, Maryland.
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Temple Israel (Memphis, Tennessee)
Temple Israel is a Reform Jewish congregation in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States.
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Ten Lost Tribes
The ten lost tribes were the ten of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel that were said to have been deported from the Kingdom of Israel after its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire circa 722 BCE.
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The Accidental Time Machine
The Accidental Time Machine is a science-fiction novel by Joe Haldeman that was published in 2007.
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The Bris
The Bris is the 69th episode of the sitcom Seinfeld.
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The Devil's Bris
The Devil's Bris is the debut album by the dark cabaret/dark wave artist Voltaire.
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The Johannesburg Beth Din
The Johannesburg Beth Din is the Beth Din (Court of Jewish Law) of the Union of Orthodox Synagogues of South Africa it serves Jews throughout South Africa, and other countries on the continent.
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The Nanny (season 3)
The third season of the American television sitcom The Nanny aired on CBS from September 11, 1995, to May 20, 1996.
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The Nine Days
The Nine Days of Av are a religious observance in Judaism that takes place during the first nine days of the Jewish month of Av (corresponding to July/August).
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The Producers (1967 film)
The Producers is a 1967 American satirical comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, and Kenneth Mars.
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The War at Home (TV series)
The War at Home is an American sitcom created by Rob Lotterstein that ran from September 11, 2005 to April 22, 2007 on Fox.
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Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl (תאודור הֶרְצֵל Te'odor Hertsel, Herzl Tivadar; 2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904), Hebrew name given at his brit milah Binyamin Ze'ev (בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב), also known in Hebrew as, Chozeh HaMedinah (lit. "Visionary of the State") was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism.
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Tikkun HaKlali
Tikkun HaKlali (תיקון הכללי, lit., "The General (or Comprehensive) Rectification"), also known as The General Remedy, is a set of ten Psalms whose recital serves as teshuvah (repentance) for all sins — in particular the sin of wasted seed through involuntary nocturnal emission or masturbation.
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Tikunei haZohar
Tikunei haZohar (תקוני הזהר, lit. "Rectifications of the Zohar"), also known as the Tikunim (תקונים), is a main text of the Kabbalah.
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Timeline of Jerusalem
This is a timeline of major events in the History of Jerusalem; a city that had been fought over sixteen times in its history.
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Torah reading
Torah reading is a Jewish religious tradition that involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Torah scroll.
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Tzadik
Tzadik/Zadik/Sadiq (צדיק, "righteous one", pl. tzadikim ṣadiqim) is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as Biblical figures and later spiritual masters.
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Tzitzit
Tzitzit (plural tsitsiyot) are specially knotted ritual fringes, or tassels, worn in antiquity by Israelites and today by observant Jews and Samaritans.
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Ululation
Ululation,, is a long, wavering, high-pitched vocal sound resembling a howl with a trilling quality.
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Vach nacht
A vach nacht (vacht nacht or vakhnakht, lit: "watch night" in Yiddish) is the night before the brit milah ("circumcision") of a male Jewish child, when he is in need of added spiritual protection.
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Vaychi
Vaychi, Vayechi or Vayhi (— Hebrew for "and he lived," the first word of the parashah) is the twelfth weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the last in the Book of Genesis.
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Vayeira
Vayeira, Vayera, or (— Hebrew for "and He appeared," the first word in the parashah) is the fourth weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
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Vayikra (parsha)
Parshat Vayikra, VaYikra, Va-yikra, or Vayyiqra (— Hebrew for "and He called," the first word in the parashah) is the 24th weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Leviticus.
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Weeds (season 5)
The fifth season of Weeds consisted of 13 episodes.
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Westminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith.
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Who is a Jew?
"Who is a Jew?" (מיהו יהודי) is a basic question about Jewish identity and considerations of Jewish self-identification.
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Wimpel
A wimpel (ווימפל, from German, "cloth," derived from Old German, bewimfen, meaning "to cover up" or "conceal") is a long, linen sash used as a binding for the Sefer Torah by Jews of Germanic (Yekke) origin.
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Wound licking
Wound licking is an instinctive response in humans and many other animals to lick an injury.
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Yaacov Haber
Yaacov Haber is a rabbi has taught Jews about Jewish heritage for almost thirty years.
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Yaakov Aryeh Alter
Yaakov Aryeh Alter (Jakub Arie Alter, יעקב אריה אלתר, born 1939), is the eighth and current Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he has held since 1996.
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Yiddish words used in English
Yiddish words may be used in a primarily English language context. An English sentence that uses these words sometimes is said to be in Yinglish or Hebronics; however, the primary meaning of Yinglish is an anglicism used in Yiddish.
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Yidele Horowitz
Grand Rabbi Yidele Horowitz (1905–1989), popularly known as Reb Yidele, was the Rebbe of Dzikov, who spent his last years in London, England.
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Yigal Amir
Yigal Amir (יגאל עמיר; born May 23, 1970) is an Israeli who assassinated Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin.
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Yoreh De'ah
Yoreh De'ah (יורה דעה) is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim around 1300.
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Yosef Yitzchok Lerner
Yosef Yitzchok Lerner (רבי יוסף יצחק לרנר) is a Hareidi, American-born, Rabbi in Jerusalem who is known for writing several popular books on Jewish law and custom.
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You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover (Desperate Housewives)
“You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover" is the 77th episode of the ABC television series, Desperate Housewives.
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Zeved habat
Zeved habat, mostly known as brita (Hebrew), and often as simchat bat (Hebrew) is a Jewish naming ceremony for newborn girls.
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Zohar Argov
Zohar Argov (זוהר ארגוב, born Zohar Orkabi on July 16, 1955 – died November 6, 1987) was a popular Israeli singer and a distinctive voice in the Mizrahi music scene.
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613 commandments
The tradition that 613 commandments (תרי"ג מצוות, taryag mitzvot, "613 mitzvot") is the number of mitzvot in the Torah, began in the 3rd century CE, when Rabbi Simlai mentioned it in a sermon that is recorded in Talmud Makkot 23b.
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682
Year 682 (DCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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8
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_milah
