Encyclopedia - 613 Mitzvot: Encyclopedia - 613 Mitzvot
613 mitzvot (or 613 Commandments. Hebrew: תרי"ג מצוות transliterated as Taryag mitzvot; TaRYaG is the acronym for the numeric va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 613 Mitzvot: Encyclopedia Ii - 613 Mitzvot - Other Views
The Talmudic source is not without dissent. Apart from Rabbi Simlai, to whom the number 613 is attributed, other classical sages who hold...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 613 Mitzvot: Encyclopedia Ii - 613 Mitzvot - Significance Of 613
The Talmud (tractate Makkoth 23b) calculates that the numerical value (gematria) of the Hebrew word "Torah" is 611. The Torah states that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitzvah: Encyclopedia - Mitzvah
Mitzvah מצוה is the Hebrew word for "commandment" (plural mitzvot; from צוה, tzavah - "command"). The word is used in Judaism to r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arba'ah Turim: Encyclopedia - Arba'ah Turim
Arba'ah Turim (ארבעה טורים, Hebrew: "Four columns" - on the High Priest's breastplate), also abbreviated as Tur, is an importan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoreh De'ah: Encyclopedia - Yoreh De'ah
Yoreh De'ah is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim. This section treats all aspects o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanakh: Encyclopedia - Tanakh
Tanakh [תנ״ך] (also Tanach or Tenach) is an acronym that identifies the Hebrew Bible. The acronym is based on the initial Hebrew lett...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 600 Number: Encyclopedia - 600 Number
Six hundred is the natural number following five hundred and ninety-nine and preceding six hundred and one. It is a pronic number and a H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah Study: Encyclopedia - Torah Study
Torah study is the study of Jewish religious texts by Jews for religious (as opposed to academic) purposes. This practice is present to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tzitzit: Encyclopedia - Tzitzit
Tzitzit (Ashkenazi pronunciation: tzitzis) are fringes or tassles (Hebrew: ציצת (Biblical), ציצית (Mishnaic)) found on a tallit ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kippah: Encyclopedia - Kippah
A kippah (Hebrew: כִּפָּה, also kipah, kipa, kippa, plural kippot; Yiddish: יאַרמלקע, yarmlke, yarmulke, yarmulka, yarmelke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalek: Encyclopedia - Amalek
According to the Book of Genesis and 1 Chronicles, Amalek (עֲמָלֵק; Standard Hebrew ʻAmaleq, Tiberian Hebrew ʻĂmālēq) was the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah: Encyclopedia - Torah
Torah (תורה) is a Hebrew word meaning "teaching," "instruction," or "law." It is the central and most important document of Judaism r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halakha: Encyclopedia - Halakha
Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה; also transliterated as Halakhah, Halacha, Halachah) is the collective corpus of Jewish rabbinic law, custom an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia - Canaan
Canaan or Knáʕan (Arabic کنعان, Hebrew כְּנַעַן, Septuagint Greek Χανααν) is an ancient term for a region roughly c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tallit: Encyclopedia - Tallit
The tallit (Modern Hebrew טַלֵּית) or tallet (Sephardi Hebrew טַלֵּית), also called talles (Yiddish), is a prayer shawl "cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia - Kashrut
Kashrut (Hebrew: כַּשְׁרוּת kašrûṯ) or "keeping kosher" (Hebrew: כָּשֵׁר kāšēr) is the name of the Jewish dietary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maimonides: Encyclopedia - Maimonides
Moshe ben Maimon (March 30, 1135–December 13, 1204) was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher. Moshe ben Maimon's Hebrew name is �...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pomegranate: Encyclopedia - Pomegranate
P. granatum L. P. protopunica Balf. The Pomegranate, Punica granatum, is a species of fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Principles Of Faith: Encyclopedia - Jewish Principles Of Faith
There are a number of basic Jewish principles of faith that one is expected to uphold in order to be said to be in consonance with the Je...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitzvah: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitzvah - Enumeration
The Rabbis came to assume that the Law comprised 613 commandments. According to Rabbi Simlai, as quoted in the Talmud, this enumeration o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Payot: Encyclopedia Ii - Payot - Use
The original law only requires the payot not to be removed, though they can be cut or trimmed but not with a razor, or blade sliding alon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Payot: Encyclopedia Ii - Payot - Origin
As part of the 613 commandments, an injunction in Leviticus (19:27) commands Jews "You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanakh: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanakh - Books Of The Tanakh
The Hebrew text originally consisted only of consonants, together with some inconsistently applied letters used as vowels (matres lection...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanakh: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanakh - Terminology
The threefold division reflected in the acronym Tanakh is well attested to in documents from the Second Temple period and in Rabbinic lit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanakh: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanakh - The Canon
According to the Jewish tradition, the Tanakh consists of twenty-four books (enumerated below). The Torah has five books, Nevi'im contain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanakh: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanakh - Chapters And Verse Numbers Book Divisions
The chapter divisions and verse numbers have no significance in the Jewish tradition. Nevertheless, they are noted in all modern editions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halakha: Encyclopedia Ii - Halakha - The Laws Of The Torah
Broadly, the Halakha comprises the practical application of the commandments (each one known as a mitzvah) in the Torah, as developed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sefer Torah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sefer Torah - Production And Use
According to Jewish law, a sefer Torah (plural: Sifrei Torah) is a copy of the formal Hebrew text of the Five Books of Moses hand-written...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitzvah: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitzvah - Rabbinical Mitzvot
The biblical mitzvot are referred to in the Talmud as Mitzvot de oraita, translated as commandments of the law. In contradistinction to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitzvah: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitzvah - The Mitzvot And Jewish Law
In rabbinic thought, God's will is the source of, and authority for, every moral and religious duty. In this way, the Mitzvot thus consti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mitzvah: Encyclopedia Ii - Mitzvah - Academic Treatment
Biblically, six differing law codes were given by Yahweh, to Moses, at Mount Sinai: The Ten Commandments. The Covenant Code follows, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - Reasons For The Biblical Dietary Laws
There continues to be a debate on the purposes and meaning of the laws regarding Kashrut. In Jewish philosophy it is recognized that many...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah - Structure
The five books contain both a complete and ordered system of laws, particularly the 613 mitzvot (613 distinct "commandments", individuall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maimonides: Encyclopedia Ii - Maimonides - Works And Bibliography
Maimonides composed both works of Jewish scholarship, and medical texts. Most of Maimonides' works were written in Arabic. However, Mishn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah Study: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah Study - Origins
Torah study is counted amongst the 613 biblical mitzvot (commandments), finding its source in the verse (Deuteronomy 6:7): "And you shall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalek: Encyclopedia Ii - Amalek - Symbolism Of The Amalekites
In Jewish tradition, the Amalekites came to represent the archetypal enemy of the Jews. For example, Haman, from the Book of Esther, is c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sefer Torah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sefer Torah - Usage
Torah reading from a sefer Torah is usually reserved for Shabbat (the Jewish Sabbath), and for brief readings on Monday and Thursday morn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halakha: Encyclopedia Ii - Halakha - Terminology
The name Halakha derives from the Hebrew halach הלך meaning "going" or the "[correct] way"; thus a literal translation does not yield ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Responsa: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Responsa - Twentieth Century
History of Responsa - Conservative and Masorti responsa. Main articles: Conservative responsa, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tzitzit: Encyclopedia Ii - Tzitzit - Threads And Knots
The fringe (tzitzit) on each corner is made of four strands, each of which is made of eight fine threads (known as kaful shemoneh). The f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guide For The Perplexed: Encyclopedia Ii - Guide For The Perplexed - Structure
The work is divided into three books. Guide for the Perplexed - Book One. The book begins with Maimonides' thesis against anthropomorph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halakha: Encyclopedia Ii - Halakha - The Scope Of Halakha
The Halakha is a comprehensive guide to numerous aspects of human life, corporeal and spiritual. Its laws, guidelines, and opinions cover...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - Identification Of Kosher Foods
Store-bought foods can be identified as kosher by the presence of a hechsher (plural hechsherim), a graphical symbol that indicates that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalek: Encyclopedia Ii - Amalek - Amalekites
Some interpret Gen. 14:7 (which refers to the "land of the Amalekites"), to mean that the Amalekites existed as early as the time of Abra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tallit: Encyclopedia Ii - Tallit - Blessings
Tallit - When putting on a Talit Katan. The tzitzis are first inspected to make sure they are properly intact before wearing the talit ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - How Kashrut Is Viewed By Judaism Today
Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism hold that Jews should follow the laws of kashrut. Some of Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Ethics - Religious Views On Business Ethics
Many faiths have extensive literature and legal code on the accumulation and use of wealth; and many businesses rely on these ethical gui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia Ii - Canaan - Etymology
In linguistic terms, Canaanite refers to the common ancestor of closely related Semitic languages including Hebrew, and Ugaritic, and was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia Ii - Canaan - Canaan In Mesopotamian Inscriptions
Canaan is mentioned in a document from the 18th century BC found in the ruins of Mari, a former Sumerian outpost in Syria. Apparently Can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Faith Versus Good Deeds
Judaism teaches that the purpose of the Torah is to show that good deeds are considered in holiness as much or even more important than b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalek: Encyclopedia Ii - Amalek - Genocide Of The Amalekites
As the Jewish Encyclopedia put it, "David waged a sacred war of extermination against the Amalekites," who subsequently disappeared from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halakha: Encyclopedia Ii - Halakha - The Sources And Process Of Halakha
The boundaries of Jewish law are determined through the halakhic process, a religious-ethical system of legal reasoning. Rabbis generally...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Ethics - Religious Views On Business Ethics
Many faiths have extensive literature and legal code on the accumulation and use of wealth; and many businesses rely on these ethical gui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah - Production And Usage Of A Torah Scroll
A Torah can be written for ritual purposes (i.e. religious services) on a scroll, called a Sefer Torah ("Book [of] Torah"). These are wri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah - The Torah And The Oral Law
Orthodox Judaism holds that the Torah has been transmitted in parallel with an oral tradition. They point to the text of the Torah, where...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maimonides: Encyclopedia Ii - Maimonides - Biography
Maimonides was born in 1135 in Córdoba, Spain, then under Muslim rule during what some scholars consider to be the end of the golden age...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maimonides: Encyclopedia Ii - Maimonides - Influence
Maimonides was one of the few medieval Jewish philosophers who also influenced the non-Jewish world. Even today, he is among the most res...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maimonides: Encyclopedia Ii - Maimonides - The 13 Principles Of Faith
See also the main article Jewish principles of faith In his commentary on the Mishna (tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 10), Maimonides formula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maimonides: Encyclopedia Ii - Maimonides - Halakhic Works
See also Mishneh Torah on his influence in halakha With Mishneh Torah, Maimonides composed a code of Jewish law with the widest-possible ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Introduction
According to both traditional Judaism and modern scholars, a number of qualities distinguish Judaism from the other religions that existe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torah: Encyclopedia Ii - Torah - The Torah As The Core Of Judaism
The Torah is the primary document of Judaism, and is the source of all Biblical commandments, in an ethical framework. According to Jewis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Halakha: Encyclopedia Ii - Halakha - How Halakha Is Viewed Today
Orthodox Judaism holds that the words of the Torah (Pentateuch) were indeed dictated by God to Moses in almost precisely the way that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - Vegetarianism
Since there are few laws of Kashrut restricting the consumption of plant products it follows that a truly vegetarian meal would usually b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashrut: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashrut - Kashrut And Animal Welfare
The practice of kosher slaughter emphasizes the sharpness of the knife and the accuracy and precision of the skill of the shochet, in ord...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Religious Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Religious Party - The Ideology Of The Mafdal
National Religious Party - Main principles. Mafdal is a Zionist party and states that Israel is a "Jewish democratic state". Mafdal's m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaan: Encyclopedia Ii - Canaan - Phoenician Canaan
Early on the Canaanites acquired fame as traders across a wide area beyond the Near East. There are occasional instances in the Hebrew Bi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Views Of Religious Pluralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Views Of Religious Pluralism - Classical Jewish Views
Jewish views of religious pluralism - General classical views on other religions. Jews believe that God chose the Jewish people to be i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Business Ethics: Encyclopedia Ii - Business Ethics - Related Disciplines
Business ethics should be distinguished from the philosophy of business, the branch of philosophy that deals with the philosophical, poli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Understanding Of The Bible
Jews and Christians seek authority from many of the same basic books, but they conceive of these books in significantly different ways. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Evangelism
Judaism is not an evangelistic religion. Orthodox Judaism in fact deliberately makes it very difficult to convert and become a Jew, and r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Responsa: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Responsa - Talmudic Era
The responsa of the first five centuries are not contained in special works; they are scattered through the writings of both Talmuds (the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Raison D'être Of The Religion
Each religion has a mythos, that is, an internal description of its raison d'être, its reason for being. Christianity's raison d'être i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Concepts Of God
Both Jews and Christians believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for Jews the God of the Tanakh, for Christians the God of the Ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Responsa: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Responsa - Geonim
During the Geonic period (650-1250 CE), the Babylonian schools were the chief centers of Jewish learning; the Geonim, the heads of these ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - War Violence And Pacifism
Jews and Christians accept as valid and binding many of the same moral principles taught in the Torah. There is a great deal of overlap b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Religious Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Religious Party - History
The Mafdal was created after Hapoel Ha-Mizrachi ("The Workers Religious Centre") and Ha-Mizrachi ("The Religious Centre") merged in 1956....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Judgement
Both Christianity and Judaism believe in some form of judgement. The Christian view is very well defined - every human is a sinner, and n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Religious Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Religious Party - Members And Supporters
National Religious Party - Knesset members. Mafdal had six seats in the 16th Knesset (elected 2003). The members: Ephraim Eitam (Efi F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Capital Punishment
Although the Jewish bible has many references to capital punishment, in fact very early on, the Jewish sages and rabbis used their author...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Bible - The Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible (also known as the Jewish Bible, or תנ"ך, Tanakh in Hebrew) consists of 24 books. Tanakh is an acronym for the three ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Critical Historical View Of The Development Of Judaism
Although monotheism is fundamental to Rabbinic Judaism, many critical Bible scholars claim that certain verses in the Torah imply that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Religious Doctrine And Principles Of Faith
While Judaism has always affirmed a number of Jewish principles of faith, no creed, dogma, set of orthodox beliefs, or fully-binding "cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Bible - The Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Hammer (also known as the Jewish Bible, or תנ"ך, Tanakh in Hebrew) consists of 24 books. Tanakh is an acronym for the three...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - The Traditional Jewish Bookshelf
Jews are often called a "People of the Book," and Judaism has an age-old intellectual tradition focusing on text-based Torah study. The f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics In The Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethics In The Bible - Ethics In The Bible
Ethics in the Bible - Ethics in the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible. The books of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) cover a period of many ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Judaism And Other Religions
Judaism - Christianity and Judaism. Main articles: Judaism and Christianity, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Sin And Original Sin
In both religions, one's offenses against the will of God are called sin (in Christianity the full name is "actual sin"). These sins can ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Jewish Prayers And Blessings: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Jewish Prayers And Blessings - Prayers And Blessings Tied To Physical Actions
List of Jewish prayers and blessings - Upon waking up. מודה אני לפניך מלך חי וקים שהחזרת בי נשמתי ב�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Judaism And Other Religions
Judaism - Christianity and Judaism. Main article: Judaism and Christianity See also: Judeo-Christian, Christianity and anti-Sem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Law And Interpretation
The basis of Jewish law and tradition ("halakha") is the Torah (the five books of Moses). According to rabbinic tradition there are 613 c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Traditional View Of The Development Of Judaism
The subject of the Hebrew Bible is an account of the Israelites' (also called Hebrews) relationship with God as reflected in their histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Community Leadership
Judaism - Classical priesthood. Judaism does not have a clergy, in the sense of full-time specialists required for religious services. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Traditional View Of The Development Of Judaism
The subject of the Hebrew Bible is an account of the Israelites' (also called Hebrews) relationship with God as reflected in their histor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Mutual Views
In addition to each having varied views on the other as a religion, there has also been a long and often painful history of conflict, per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - The Nature Of Religion: National Versus Universal
Judaism does not characterize itself as a religion so much as a way of life (although one can speak of the Jewish religion and religious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism And Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism And Christianity - Abortion
Both Jews and Christians regard pregnancy as a gift from God, and hold children to be miracles. The only statements in the Tanakh (Hebrew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 613 Mitzvot: Encyclopedia Ii - 613 Mitzvot - Works Enumerating The Commandments
In practice there is no one definitive list that explicates the 613 laws. The differences come about because in some places the Torah lis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanakh: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanakh - Chapters And Verse Numbers, Book Divisions
The chapter divisions and verse numbers have no significance in the Jewish tradition. Nevertheless, they are noted in all modern editions...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - X
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - X . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article