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Modern Hebrew chevra qadisha is of unclear etymology. The Aramaic phrase is first attested in Yekum Purkan, in a 13th-century copy of Machzor Vitry, but it was rarely used again in print until it gained its modern sense of "burial society" in the nineteenth century. The Hebrew phrase predated it in modern popularity by some decades.
This is a list of yeshivas, midrashas, and Hebrew schools in Israel and the West Bank. In Orthodox Judaism a yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is an educational institution where men can study the Torah, the Talmud, and develop their character. A yeshiva usually is led by a rabbi called a rosh yeshiva (head of the yeshiva).
Chesed Shel Emes vehicles seen in a Woodridge, New York cemetery. Chesed Shel Emet (Hebrew: חסד של אמת, pronounced [ˈχesed ˌʃel ʔeˈmes,-ʔeˈmet]; meaning "Charity of Truth" or "True Loving Kindness") is a Jewish voluntary organisation that is found in various forms around the world.
A typical Beth Midrash, Yeshivas Ner Yisroel, Baltimore Zal, Toras Emes Yeshiva, Jerusalem Beth Midrash – Machon HaGavoah LeTorah, Bar-Ilan University A beth midrash (Hebrew: בית מדרש, "House of Learning"; pl.: batei midrash), also beis medrash or beit midrash, is a hall dedicated for Torah study, often translated as a "study hall". [1]
Hager was the dayan of the Vizhnitz community in Borough Park as well as posek for Chesed shel Emes. [2] He was well-known for his role regarding contemporary Halacha and was not afraid to be actively involved on taboo issues among Haredim, and more specifically, on controversies where the old traditional Jewish lifestyle clashes with the ...
Hebrew school can be either an educational regimen separate from secular education similar to the Christian Sunday school, education focusing on topics of Jewish history and learning the Hebrew language, or a primary, secondary or college level educational institution where some or all of the classes are taught in Hebrew.The first usage is more ...
Tomchei Tmimim (Hebrew: תומכי תמימים, "supporters of the complete-wholesome ones") is the central Yeshiva (Talmudical academy) of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Founded in 1897 in the town of Lubavitch by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn , it is now an international network of institutions of advanced Torah study , [ 1 ] the ...
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway (also known as Yeshiva Derech Ayson (Hebrew: יְשִׁיבָה דֶרֶךְ אֵיתָן) and Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary) is a yeshiva located at 802 Hicksville Road, Far Rockaway, Queens in New York City. It comprises a high school, beis medrash, and Kollel.