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Anglicized transliteration of בראשית (b'reishít), the Hebrew word for the Genesis (literally, "In the beginning").
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one of the attributes of G-d sefirot in Kabbalah
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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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(Jewish law) A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.
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(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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The tractate from the Talmud that deals with these offerings.
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The mitzvah (commandment) to “assemble” the Jewish people to hear the Torah (Deuteronomy 31:12).
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Jewish law, taken as a whole
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A substitute for the Tetragrammaton.
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(Judaism) A Jewish cantor in a synagogue.
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Abbreviation of Hakadosh Baruch Hu. [(Judaism) God, literally "the Holy One, blessed be He".]
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Alternative letter-case form of Jacob's ladder [(biblical) A ladder leading to heaven.]
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(religion, Jewish) The annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the Jewish holidays, which Torah portions to read, yahrzeits (Yiddish: yortsaytn), and which set of Psalms should be read each day.
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Alternative spelling of Kabballah [(Judaism) A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.]
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The Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat (kosher).
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(Judaism) Any of several prayers involving the recitation of the biblical verses Isaiah 6:3 and Ezekiel 3:12.
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Alternative spelling of Qliphoth [Evil forces in the mystical teachings of Judaism (such as in the Kabballah).]
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(Judaism) A reading that in the traditional Jewish mode of reading the Hebrew Bible is substituted for one actually standing in the consonantal text with the consonants of the word or phrase to be read being usually given in the margin and the vowel points if the text is vocalized being inserted in the text.
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The act or ceremony of reading the Torah.
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(Jewish law) Any form of communication — verbal, written, body language — that can result in emotional, financial, or physical harm to another person
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(Judaism) to read from a Torah scroll
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(Judaism) a halachic dispute, disagreement
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(Judaism) The person who reads the Haftarah.
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Alternative spelling of Masorah [The collection of marginal notes on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the 8th-9th centuries CE.]
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(Judaism) The giving of the Torah to the Israelites at Mount Sinai
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Alternative form of Merkabah [(religion) A school of early Jewish mysticism, circa 100 BCE – 1000 CE, based around visions.]
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(Judaism and occasionally Christianity) A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house, in accordance with the mitzvah (Biblical commandment as interpreted in Jewish law) to "write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house" (Deuteronomy 6:9).
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(Judaism) A war commanded by God.
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(Religion, Jewish) An order from rabbis or a commandment from the Bible
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(Judaism) Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law
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(Judaism) The world to come
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(Judaism) One of 54 sections of the Torah read weekly by religious Jews, particularly in the synagogue on the morning of the Jewish Sabbath
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(Judaism) An open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.
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Shortened form of Rebbe.
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Alternative spelling of sefirah [(Kabbalah) Each of the ten attributes that God created, through which he can project himself to the universe and man.]
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Alternative spelling of sefirah [(Kabbalah) Each of the ten attributes that God created, through which he can project himself to the universe and man.]
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Alternative spelling of shabbos goy [A Gentile servant who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on the Sabbath/Shabbat.]
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Alternative form of shamash (“sexton in a synagogue”) [(Judaism) The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah.]
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A lesson on a topic in the Tanakh.
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(Judaism) collectively, the Jewish ritual scrolls, including holy scrolls, mezuzahs and tefillin
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(Judaism) The human inclination toward evil.
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English rendering of a Hebrew posthumous honorific, usually applied to deceased rabbis or other holy figures
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