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 Halakha (Jewish law) allows for divorce The document of divorce according to Halakha is termed a get. The final divorce ceremony i...
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 Judaism considers marriage to be the ideal state of existence In traditional Jewish society, from the era of the Talmud up to the enlightenment, social ...
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 Joachim Gaunse, a Jewish metallurgist and mining engineer from Prague, was invited to Engl...
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 The Old Testament books of the Bible The Old Testament books of the Bible describe numerous struggles of the Jewish people. Aft...
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 Teshuvah is a principle indispensable to religion As for the wicked man, if he should return from all his sins that he committed and guard a...
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 how is "God" actually pronounced? When Orthodox Jews read a passage that includes the name of God, how is "God" actually pro...
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 God's name is treated with unusual care in Jewish tradition The divine name, YHWH (spelled with the Hebrew letters yud, hey, vav, hey) is never pronou...
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 Can you describe the nature of God, as defined by the Jewish tradition? My colleague Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith explains it as follows: In the horror movie "The B...
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 Jewish Beliefs about God "The attributes of God include omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence, eternity, truth, ju...
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 The Western Wall or simply 'The Kotel' The Western Wall (Hebrew: הכותל המערבי, translit.: HaKotel HaMa'aravi), or simply The ...
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 The city of Jerusalem is significant in a number of religious traditions The city of Jerusalem is significant in a number of religious traditions, including Judais...
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 The Hebrew/Jewish calendar (Hebrew: הלוח העברי) or Jewish calendar is the annual calendar used in Judaism The Jewish/Hebrew Calendar determines the dates of the Jewish holidays, the appropriate T...
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 Brit milah (Hebrew: בְרִית מִילָה [bə'rīt mī'lā] literally: "covenant [of] circumcision"), also berit milah (Sephardi) Brit milah also bris milah or (Ashkenazi pronunciation) is a religious ceremony within Jud...
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 Jewish law prohibits doing any form of melachah ("work", plural "melachot") on Shabbat According to Rabbinic literature, Jews are commanded by God to observe (refrain from forbi...
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 Shabbat (שבת shabbāt, "rest" Hebrew, or Shabbos in Ashkenazic pronunciation), is the weekly day of rest in Judaism Shabbat is observed, from before sundown on Friday until after nightfall on Saturday, by m...
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 Tu Bishvat is the new year for trees. This day was set aside in the Mishnah as the day on which to bring fruit tithes Tu Bishvat is still celebrated in modern times. In the Land of Israel during the 1600s Rab...
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 Simchat Torah (שמחת תורה) means "rejoicing with the Torah" and takes place on the holiday of Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah holiday immediately follows the conclusion of the holiday of Sukkot. In Isra...
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 Sukkot (סוכות or סֻכּוֹת sukk?t) or Succoth is a 7-day festival, also known as the Feast of Booths, the Feast of Tabernacles, or just Tabernacles. Sukkot is one of the three pilgrimage festivals mentioned in the Bible. The word sukkot is...
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 New years eve in Judaism, is Rosh Hashanah, the head of the year in Hebrew Rosh Hashanah is set aside by the Mishna as the new year for calculating calendar years, s...
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