Samson or Shimshon (שִׁמְשׁוֹן "Of the sun" (perhaps proclaiming he was radiant and mighty) or "[One who] Serves [God]", Standard Hebrew Šimšon, Tiberian Hebrew Šimšôn) is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Children of Israel mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. He is described in the Book of Judges in chapters 13 to 16. Samson is something of a Herculean figure, utilizing massive strength to combat his enemies and perform heroic feats unachievable by ordinary men; ...

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Samson - Samson's name and birthplace. In the Hebrew text which English translations of the book of Judges are based on, Samson is named Shimshon (Samson is an English rendering). Standard translations of the meaning of this name are usually ...who serves... or of the sun, but it can also be translated as Little Shamash (essentially as Shamash-ino). Shamash itself translates as sun or ...who serves.., but it is also ...

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4 primary: An Enlil Ki Enki 3 sky: Ishtar Sin Sama Shamash or Sama, was the common Akkadian name of the sun-god in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu. The name signifies perhaps "servitor," and would thus point to a secondary position occupied at one time by this deity. Both in early and in late inscriptions Sha-mash is designated a ...

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Israel Azriel Hildesheimer was a German rabbi, and leader of Orthodox Judaism. He is regarded as a pioneering "Moderniser" of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and is sometimes regarded as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism. Azriel Hildesheimer - Biography. Hildesheimer was born in Hildesheim, a small town near Hanover, Germany (Some believe he was born in Halberstadt) May 20, 1820; he was the son of Rabbi Löb Glee Hildesheimer. He attended the "Hasharat Zwi" school in Halberstadt, and, from age sevente ...

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The Brook of Sorek, also called the Valley of Sorek, (in Hebrew nachal sorek), mentioned in the Book of Judges 16:4 of the Hebrew Bible, is probably a point on the border between the ancient Philistines and the Tribe of Dan of the ancient Israelites. It was the place where Delilah lived, and Samson came there to meet her for the first time. It was also the place she enticed him to tell her the secret of his strength, and where he was eventually captured by the Philistines: "And Samson went to G ...

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Book of Judges (Hebrew: ספר שופטים) is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. It appears in the Hebrew Bible (Judaism's Tanakh) and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title refers to its contents; it contains the history of Biblical judges (not to be confused with modern judges), and of their times. who helped rule and guide the ancient Israelites. As it stands today, the last judge mentioned in Judges is Samson, and although there are two further stories, the traditional view is that Samson's exploits prob ...

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Basalt is a common gray to black volcanic rock. It is usually fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava on the Earth's surface. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix. Basalt in the tops of subaerial lava flows and cinder cones will often be highly vesiculated, imparting a lightweight "frothy" texture to the rock. The term basalt is at times applied to shallow intrusive rocks with a composition typical of basalt, but rocks of this composition with a phaneritic (coarse) groundmass should generally be referred to as diabase or gabbro. The crustal portions of oceanic tect ...

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Events Future Byzantine emperor Justinian becomes consul. Samson of Dol is ordained as a bishop. Births December 7 - Saint Columba at Gartan, Donegal Deaths Jacob of Serugh, Syrian writer Category: 521 ...

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Victor Mature (born in Louisville, Kentucky; 29 January 1915–4 August 1999) was an Italian-American film actor. He is often described as an early examplar of the term beefcake due to his muscular physique and stolid onscreen manner. But unlike any of his contemporaries and his many successors, Mature always brought a sense of fragility, doubt and uncertainty to his characters. His Samson in Samson and Delilah is no doubt his best known role; not because of the beefcak ...

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1743 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1743 - Events. February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, Samson ...

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The name Sam is usually short for the male given name 'Samuel', or the female given name 'Samantha'. Samuel comes from a Hebrew word which means "name of God" or "heard by God". Other variations of the name include 'Samson' and 'Samwise'. Famous Sams: Uncle Sam, a personification of the United States government. Sam (comic), is a Belgian comic, made by Marc Legendre. Sam (program), a text editor by Rob Pike. Sam (dog), a dog voted the world's ugliest dog for three years running.

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A biblical city associated with the Samson saga. The remains of the ancient site are to be found at Tel Zor'a, located near the former Arab village of Sar'ah in modern Israel. The city likely controlled the highway through the "great fosse" that passed along the western base of the hill country connecting the Shephelah and the road to Jerusalem. Set high upon a hill overlooking the Sorek Valley, Zorah may have had limited access to fields in the Sorek, but the Late Bronze Age city of Beth-shemesh most likely maintained a strict control over the fertile fields of the area. The city is mentioned as Si ...

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Moses Meïr Perls, for many years Wertheimer's secretary and almoner, mentions him in his "Megillat Sefer" (1709) as "a rabbi of great congregations in Israel." In some works Wertheimer is called "rabbi of Prague and Bohemia"; but he did not accept this title, as may be seen in an edition of Alfasi (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1699-1700). His reputation spread even to the Orient, where he was described as a "prince of the Holy Land" and given the title of "rabbi of Hebron and Safed." His native city also honored him with the title of rabbi. Many ...

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By the marriages of his children Wertheimer became connected with the most prominent families of Austria and Germany. His stepson Isaac Nathan Oppenheimer married a daughter of the wealthy purveyor Pösing; his eldest son, Wolf, married a daughter of Emanuel Oppenheimer. Wolf was an active agent in his father's financial transactions, and shared his dignity as court factor. He later experienced great reverses of fortune, however. Having invested a large part of his wealth in loans to the Bavarian government, the stipulated terms of re ...

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Saint-Saëns began composing the work as an oratorio in 1868, but his librettist, Ferdinand Lemaire, convinced him of its theatrical potential, and Liszt offered to produce it at Weimar, where he was musical director at the cosmopolitan, progressive and highly musical grand-ducal court. In France, the fact that the opera was composed of Biblical subject matter created resistance to its staging. Samson, in fact, wasn't heard in France until 1890, receiving its French premiere in the provincial city of Rouen. By that time, Pauline Viard ...

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The Grand Cascade is modeled on one constructed for Louis XIV at his Chateau of Marly, which is likewise memorialized in one of the park's outbuildings. At the center of the cascade is an artificial grotto with two storeys, faced inside and out with hewn brown stone. It currently contains a modest museum of the fountains' history. One of the exhibits is a table carrying a bowl of (artificial) fruit, a replica of a similar table built under Peter's direction. The table is rigged with jets of water that soak visitors when they reach for ...

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Peterhof, Peterhof - Layout, Peterhof - The Grand Cascade and Samson Fountain, Peterhof - The Lower Gardens, Peterhof - The Grand Palace, Peterhof - Other features, Peterhof - History, Peterhof - Tourist information

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The series started in 1989. At that time Gert Verhulst was a tv presenter presenting children's program at the BRTN channel. He asked if he could present together with an (puppet) animal. He chose a dog. The dog was named Samson and was voiced by Danny Verbiest. Samson was intended as a temporary sidekick, but he became so popular that an entire new show was created featuring Gert and Samson. At first it was a show interrupted by short cartoons, and the reading of viewers' letters. Later this was dropped and the program became an unterrupte ...

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Austrian court Jew, financier, and rabbi. He was the son of Joseph Josel Wertheimer (d. May 2, 1713, at the age of 87), and received his education at the yeshibot of Worms and Frankfort-on-the-Main. He went to Vienna Dec. 2, 1684, and associated himself with Samuel Oppenheimer, sharing the latter's privilege of residence. During the absence of Oppenheimer, Wertheimer represented him in transactions with the Austrian government. Wertheimer soon gained the confidence of Emperor Leopold I, who presented a portrait of himself to Wertheimer and h ...

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Wertheimer did not discontinue his rabbinical studies. In a manuscript volume he left a number of derashot that he had delivered in the private synagogue in his house; these show considerable Talmudic erudition. He delivered many funeral sermons on the deaths of distinguished rabbis, as Simḥah Cohen and David ben Israel,rabbi of Trebitsch and son-in-law of Menahem Krochmal. From far and near questions of religion, particularly of ritual, were submitted to him and to the rabbinical court over which he presided; and to the latter he called such great authorities as Jacob Eliezer Braunschweig, Simeon ben Judah Löb Jalles ...

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