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The work is based on the rules of study laid down in the Peri Etz Chaim of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, in the Sha'ar Hanhagat Limmud (chapter on study habits). In this he recommends that, in addition to studying the Torah portion for the forthcoming Shabbat each week, one should study daily excerpts from the other works mentioned, and lays down a formula for the number of verses or the topic to ...
Sefaria is an online open source, [1] free content, digital library of Jewish texts. It was founded in 2011 by former Google project manager Brett Lockspeiser and journalist-author Joshua Foer . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Promoted as a "living library of Jewish texts", Sefaria relies partially upon volunteers to add texts and translations.
Real Clear Daf is a popular online resource founded in 2012 that offers free daily audio lectures on the entire Talmud according to the Daf Yomi cycle. Led by Talmudic scholar and teacher Shmuel Wise, Real Clear Daf places a special emphasis on word economy, using just the right amount of words for a crystal clear understanding of each page of ...
In Hebrew, the word gilgul means "cycle" or "wheel" and neshamot is the plural for "souls." Souls are seen to cycle through lives or incarnations, being attached to different human bodies over time. Which body they associate with depends on their particular task in the physical world, spiritual levels of the bodies of predecessors and so on.
Moshe Lerman suggested [23] a background to Birkat Hachama by pointing out a possible connection between the traditional Hebrew dating and the two machzorim ("cycles") that are observed in Jewish tradition—the "small" 19-year cycle which is the basis of the Jewish calendar, and the "big" 28-year cycle which determines the year in which Birkat ...
the first has somehow, in some way, been my best year yet. So, as I often say to participants in the workshop, “If a school teacher from Nebraska can do it, so can you!”
A microbiologist is proposing the idea that the reign of dinosaurs forced mammals to speed up their reproductive cycle, eliminating key longevity genes. Historic Dinosaur Dominance May Cause ...
A cognate Latin word aevum (cf. αἰϝών) for "age" is present in words such as eternal, longevity and mediaeval. [ 3 ] Although the term aeon may be used in reference to a period of a billion years (especially in geology , cosmology and astronomy ), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite period.