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  • Thumbnail for Chaim Kanievsky
    Chaim Kanievsky (category Exponents of Jewish law)
    as the Gadol HaDor ("greatest of his generation") and the "Prince of Torah", much of his prominence came through Torah education and advice about Jewish...
    29 KB (2,516 words) - 16:54, 4 July 2024
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    Written Torah (Torah she-be-Khetav) and the Oral Torah (Torah she-be-al Peh) from God. The Oral Torah, transmitted orally, explains the Written Torah. At...
    34 KB (4,619 words) - 18:00, 26 May 2024
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    Korach (parashah) (category Weekly Torah readings in Sivan)
    38th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the Book of Numbers. It tells of Korach's failed...
    107 KB (13,402 words) - 12:34, 30 June 2024
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    Abraham Isaac Kook (category Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives)
    Kook, shlita" and "The Glory of Honor, My Dear Friend, Ha-Rav Ha-Gaon, Ha-Gadol, the Famous One... The Prince of Torah, Our Teacher, Ha-Rav Avraham Yitzchak...
    50 KB (6,272 words) - 22:53, 31 May 2024
  • different interpretations of the Torah and how to apply it to current Jewish life, with Sadducees recognizing only the Written Torah and rejecting Prophets...
    67 KB (8,906 words) - 22:11, 8 July 2024
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    Shabbat (redirect from History of Shabbat)
    day of Saturn, or on the planets generally, have also been abandoned. Sabbath is given special status as a holy day at the very beginning of the Torah in...
    43 KB (5,143 words) - 04:47, 8 July 2024
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    Judaism (redirect from Beliefs of jews)
    wide body of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Among Judaism's core texts is the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew...
    233 KB (26,024 words) - 16:59, 19 June 2024
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    Dinah (redirect from Prince Shechem)
    Leah and Jacob. The episode of her violation by Shalem, son of a Canaanite or Hivite prince, and the subsequent vengeance of her brothers Simeon and Levi...
    23 KB (2,910 words) - 04:53, 28 June 2024
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    the Jewish Torah, the Samaritan Torah and the Greek Septuagint point to the fact that the Torah was corrupted. Ibn Hazm viewed the Torah of his era as...
    101 KB (12,185 words) - 10:29, 12 June 2024
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    Bemidbar (parashah) (category Weekly Torah readings in Iyar)
    parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Numbers. The parashah tells of the census and the priests' duties. It...
    113 KB (14,477 words) - 12:34, 9 June 2024
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    Gemara (category Oral Torah)
    understanding [the Law] based on the principles of Torah exegesis, until one appreciates the essence of those principles and how the prohibitions and the...
    16 KB (1,628 words) - 19:25, 25 June 2024
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    Vayishlach (category Weekly Torah readings in Kislev)
    sent," the first word of the parashah) is the eighth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. In the parashah...
    143 KB (19,235 words) - 01:34, 30 November 2023
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    mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Reuel/Jethro, the priest and prince of Midian. She is the mother of Moses' two sons:...
    16 KB (1,640 words) - 01:35, 20 May 2024
  • Latin: Liber Numeri) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and complex history;...
    31 KB (3,998 words) - 07:26, 7 June 2024
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    major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah. It is also the first major work of rabbinic literature, with...
    54 KB (6,864 words) - 14:34, 9 July 2024
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    of the sixteenth weekly Torah portion, or parshat Beshalach. The Sabbath on which it is read is known as Sabbath of the Song (שבת שירה). It is one of...
    19 KB (1,077 words) - 22:46, 10 June 2024
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    future advent of the Messiah was first recorded in the Talmud and later codified in halakha by Maimonides in the Mishneh Torah as one of the fundamental...
    59 KB (7,695 words) - 19:17, 6 July 2024
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    Torah commentary of Shlomo Yitzhaki, "Rashi", and has always been the standard fare for Ashkenazi Jews onward. For these reasons, Jewish editions of the...
    18 KB (2,212 words) - 11:36, 27 May 2024
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    Miriam (category Family of Aaron)
    daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The Torah refers...
    21 KB (2,600 words) - 01:03, 8 July 2024
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    Ki Tissa (category Weekly Torah readings in Adar)
    21st weekly Torah portion (parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Exodus. The parashah tells of building the...
    209 KB (28,819 words) - 23:40, 24 February 2024
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