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Alternative form of Aggadah [A homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical text in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash. A parable that demonstrates a point of the Law in the Talmud.]
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Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph (Rabbi Akiva), a major figure in Jewish history, a tanna of the late first century and early second century who contributed to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha
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(Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
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(Judaism) The person who reads from the Torah scroll during religious services.
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(Judaism) Layman, congregant, non-clergy.
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(Judaism) Any of various Jewish traditions that are not included in the Mishnah.
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Raised area of worship in a synagogue upon which rests the Holy Ark containing Scrolls of Torah.
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(Judaism) A rabbinical court which regulates certain parts of Jewish law.
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A Jewish house of study where the study of the Torah is undertaken.
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A Haredi Jew; a member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
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Of or relating to the rabbi Shlomo Carlebach or the Orthodox Jewish movement he inspired.
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A branch of Orthodox Chassidic Judaism founded in 1755 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
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Alternative spelling of Hasidic [Of or pertaining to Hassidic Judaism.]
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Alternative spelling of Hasidic [Of or pertaining to Hassidic Judaism.]
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(Judaism, countable) A pair, typically yeshiva students, who study Talmud and other topics in Judaism together; by extension, any working pair
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(religion) An offshoot of Judaism started by the Polish Jewish religious leader Jacob Frank.
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(Judaism) pious, observant; committed to obeying all the laws of Judaism
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(Judaism) An assistant in a synagogue
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(historical, Judaism) A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia.
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(Judaism) Part of the Talmud, comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah.
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Alternative form of Gemara [(Judaism) Part of the Talmud, comprising rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah.]
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Alternative form of Haggadistic [Of or relating to the Haggadah.]
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One who interprets the Haggadah.
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(Judaism) A wise man or scholar.
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In accordance with Halacha.
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Alternative form of Haftarah [(Judaism) A selection from the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim of the Tanach, usually corresponding to the week's parashah, publicly read in synagogue following the parashah.]
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A stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
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Pertaining to the Haskalah (relating to the Jewish Enlightenment movement).
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The person who reads the final aliyah of the Torah on Simchat Torah.
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Alternative form of YHWH [Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (or IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe).]
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(religion) A shortened form of Yahweh or Jehovah, God's personal name in the Bible. Often appearing as part of Biblical names as "-iah", or "Jeho-" as in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jehoshua, and Jehosaphat, and Hebrew words like הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“hallelujah”).
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Alternative form of Yahweh [(history of religion) The name of the God of Israel worshipped by the Jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in antiquity.]
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Any of the taxes levied on items of Jewish religious observance, on individual Jews, or on a Jewish community.
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Alternative form of YHWH [Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (or IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe).]
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Alternative form of YHWH [Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (or IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe).]
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The victims of the Holocaust.
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The chair in which the sandek sits during brit milah, dedicated to the prophet Elijah.
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An institute for full-time advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature.
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(Judaism) A teacher of the Torah in Eastern Europe.
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(Orthodox Judaism) A rabbi who serves as a religious teacher of children.
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One of the Magi according to medieval Christian legend.
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(Judaism) The act by which one Jew reports the conduct of another Jew to a non-rabbinic authority in a manner prescribed by Rabbinic Law.
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(Judaism) Of or pertaining to a Midrash or to Midrashim.
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(Judaism) a longstanding religious custom or tradition that is not required by Jewish law
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In those rabbinical scriptures' Archaic form of Hebrew.
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Abbreviation of masorah parva.
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Used in translating Psalms 9:1 without assuming a specific meaning for the Hebrew phrase מות לבן (muth labbén).
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(Judaism) A treatise, in the Talmud, devoted to the Nazirite laws.
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A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
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A trading card depicting a Hasidic rebbe.
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(Judaism) One who adheres to the Talmud and traditions of the rabbis.
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Of or relating to Rabbinic Judaism.
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(Judaism) Synonym of rabbinist
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Maimonides, a 12th-century Jewish philosopher.
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(countable) a single piece of Rashi's commentary on the Hebrew Bible or Talmud
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(Judaism) The wife of a rabbi.
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(historical) A rabbi in the era preceding the publication of the Shulchan Aruch, from 1038 to 1563 CE.
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(Judaism) The dean of a yeshiva.
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(chiefly in the plural) Any of the leading Jewish rabbis who completed the revision of the Babylonian Talmud in the 6th century C.E..
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Relating to the Sassov Hasidic dynasty.
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Alternative form of soferic [Relating to the soferim (Jewish scribes).]
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One who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.
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Alternative letter-case form of targum [(Judaism) An Aramaic translation of the Tanakh written or compiled between the Second Temple period and the early Middle Ages.]
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Pertaining to the Tash Hassidic community
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An author of the Tosafot.
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(historical) Medieval commentaries on the Talmud, in the form of critical and explanatory glosses.
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Pertaining to the Tosh Hassidic community
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(Judaism) A very righteous person, especially a Hassidic spiritual leader.
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A tool used to read a Torah.
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Alternative form of Sabianism [the worship of the sun, moon and stars]
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