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Jewish Renewal (Hebrew: התחדשות יהודית, romanized:Hitḥadeshut Yehudit) is a Jewish religious movement originating in the 20th century that endeavors to reinvigorate modern Judaism with Kabbalistic, Hasidic, and musical practices. Specifically, it seeks to reintroduce the "ancient Judaic traditions of mysticism and meditation ...
Yahrzeit (Yiddish: יאָרצײַט, romanized: yortsayt, lit. 'year-time', plural יאָרצײַטן, yortsaytn) [1] is the anniversary of a death in Judaism. It is traditionally commemorated by reciting the Kaddish in synagogue and by lighting a long-burning candle.
A get, ghet, [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] or gett (/ ɡɛt /; Imperial Aramaic: גט, plural gittinגטין) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple. The term is also used to refer to the divorce itself. [ 4 ][ 5 ] The get is a 12-line document written in Aramaic. [ 6 ] The requirements for a get include ...
Judaism. Modern attempts to revive the Sanhedrin are the efforts from 1538 until the present day to renew the Sanhedrin, which was the high court and legislative authority for Jews in ancient times. The Sanhedrin was originally dissolved in 358 by the edict of the Roman emperor Constantius II. (Though 358 was the last formal meeting, there is ...
Semikhah[a] (Hebrew: סמיכה) is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination. The original semikhah was the formal "transmission of authority" from Moses through the generations. This form of semikhah ceased between 360 and 425 CE. Since then semikhah has continued in a less formal way. Throughout history there have been several ...
Judaism. The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה, Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; " covenant of circumcision ") or bris (Yiddish: ברית, Yiddish: [bʁɪs]) is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism, during which the foreskin is surgically removed. [1] According to the Book of ...
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Meshullam Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (28 August 1924 – 3 July 2014), commonly called " Reb Zalman " (full Hebrew name: Meshullam Zalman Hiyya ben Chaya Gittel veShlomo HaCohen), [1] was one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement and an innovator in ecumenical dialogue. [2][3]
v. t. e. Jewish genealogy is the study of Jewish families and the tracing of their lineages and history. The Pentateuchal equivalent for "genealogies" is "toledot" (generations). In later Hebrew, as in Aramaic, the term and its derivatives "yiḥus" and "yuḥasin" recur with the implication of legitimacy or nobility of birth. [1]