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  2. List of Hebrew abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    In fact, a work written in Hebrew may have Aramaic acronyms interspersed throughout (ex. Tanya), much as an Aramaic work may borrow from Hebrew (ex. Talmud, Midrash, Zohar). Although much less common than Aramaic abbreviations, some Hebrew material contains Yiddish abbreviations too (for example, Chassidic responsa, commentaries, and other ...

  3. Jewish greetings - Wikipedia

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    There are several Jewish and Hebrew greetings, farewells, and phrases that are used in Judaism, and in Jewish and Hebrew-speaking communities around the world. Even outside Israel , Hebrew is an important part of Jewish life. [ 1 ]

  4. K-B-D - Wikipedia

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    In both Hebrew and Arabic, as a noun, it means "liver," and the liver in Arabic and Hebrew, as with the other Semitic languages described above, is "an organ thought to be the seat of passion, especially of burning feelings like hate, spite, malice, etc." [8] It can also be used to refer to the entire stomach and entrails.

  5. K-P-R - Wikipedia

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    K-P-R is a Semitic root, in Arabic and Hebrew rendered as K-F-R (Arabic: ك-ف-ر; Hebrew: כ-פ-ר).The basic meaning of the root is "to cover", but it is used in the sense "to conceal" and hence "to deny", and its notability derives from its use for religious heresy or apostasy (as it were describing the "concealment" of religious truth) in both Islam and Judaism.

  6. Q-D-Š - Wikipedia

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    Qudšu was later used in Jewish Aramaic to refer to God. [4]Words derived from the root qdš appear some 830 times in the Hebrew Bible. [9] [10] Its use in the Hebrew Bible evokes ideas of separation from the profane, and proximity to the Otherness of God, while in nonbiblical Semitic texts, recent interpretations of its meaning link it to ideas of consecration, belonging, and purification.

  7. Honorifics for the dead in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew version is alav ha-shalom (m.) / aleha ha-shalom (f.) (Hebrew: עליו השלום ‎ (m.) / עליה השלום ‎ (f.)). It is abbreviated in English as A"H. The Hebrew abbreviation is ע״ה ‎. This phrase is the same as the Islamic honorific peace be upon him (which is used for all prophets of Islam).

  8. Kavanah - Wikipedia

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    According to Moshe Halbertal, it implies concentration and sincerity, it is not rote recitation but the very essence of a prayer where the devotee expresses a plea and supplication to God, while really believing, feeling, meaning the prayer. [3] kavanah is both emotional and intellectual devotion, states Herman Cohen. [13]

  9. Shedim - Wikipedia

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    Shedim (Hebrew: שֵׁדִים, romanized: šēḏim; singular: שֵׁד šēḏ) [3] are spirits or demons in the Tanakh and Jewish mythology.Shedim do not, however, correspond exactly to the modern conception of demons as evil entities as originated in Christianity. [4]