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Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה , Rōʾš hašŠānā, lit. ' head of the year ') is the New Year in Judaism.The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה , Yōm Tərūʿā, lit.
HebrewBooks.org [8] – was founded to preserve old American Hebrew books that are out of print or circulation, but it expanded its mission "to include all Torah Seforim (=books) ever printed". Over 60,000 out-of-print books and journals may be downloaded as PDF images on the main site and on its beta version. [9]
Shavuot by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim. In many Jewish communities, there is a custom to decorate homes and synagogues with flowers on Shavuot. Some synagogues decorate the bimah with a canopy of flowers and plants reminiscent of a ḥuppah, as the giving of the Torah is metaphorically seen as a marriage between the Torah and the people of Israel.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Images of Jews and Judaism ... Images of synagogues (1 C, 2 F) Media in category "Jewish images"
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The Mishnah or the Mishna (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ n ə /; Hebrew: מִשְׁנָה, romanized: mišnā, lit. 'study by repetition', from the verb שנה šānā, "to study and review," also "secondary") is the first written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah.
It is a cultural phenomenon found largely in the Orthodox and more specifically Haredi Jewish communities. Gedolim pictures are pictures of famous rabbis and other prominent Jews which are circulated amongst the Jewish communities. Quite frequently, these pictures are posted on the walls of offices, businesses, houses, and schools where Jews ...
Each page of the Hebrew/Aramaic text is in the style of the traditional Vilna Edition Shas, with various classical commentaries (such as Rashi) surrounding the text of the Mishnah and Gemara. Each Hebrew page is opposite a page of English translation—one Hebrew folio takes approximately six to eight pages of English to translate. [ 2 ]