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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 - Belshazzar: Encyclopedia - Belshazzar
Belshazzar (or Baltasar; Akkadian Bel-sarra-usur) was a prince of Babylon, the son of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon. In the Book of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shmuel Yosef Agnon: Encyclopedia Ii - Shmuel Yosef Agnon - Life
He was born as Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes in Buczacz in Austrian Galicia, in what is now Ukraine. Although his birthdate on the Hebrew calenda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dollar: Encyclopedia Ii - Dollar - History
The name is related to the historic currencies Tolar in Bohemia, Thaler or Taler in Germany, Daalder in the Netherlands and Daler in Swed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Money In Harry Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Money In Harry Potter - Estimates Of Worth
J.K. Rowling has stated in an interview with Comic Relief that a Galleon is worth "about five pounds." However, it is likely that the aut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dollar: Encyclopedia Ii - Dollar - Numismatic History
The name is related to the historic currencies Tolar in Bohemia, Thaler or Taler in Germany, Daalder in the Netherlands and Daler in Swed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatical Year Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatical Year Bible - Descriptions Of Observances
Any natural produce of the land was not to be farmed, but instead left to be taken by poor folk, passing strangers, and beasts of the fie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pound Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Pound Mass - Measurement Systems
In the Imperial system (often referred to as the pound-inch system, or the English system in the United States) there are two basic pound...   » 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 - Belshazzar: Encyclopedia Ii - Belshazzar - Belshazzar In The Bible
Daniel 5:1-4 describes "Belshazzar's Feast" in which the sacred vessels of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, which had been brought to Babyl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabbatical Year Bible: Encyclopedia Ii - Sabbatical Year Bible - Modern Observance In Israel
According to Orthodox Judaism, the Sabbatical year is still in force in modern-day Israel, and the seven year cycle has not been lost. Th...   » 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 - Money In Harry Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Money In Harry Potter - Banks
The only reference to a bank in Harry Potter is Gringotts, which is located on Diagon Alley in London. Hagrid indicates that wizards have...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Money In Harry Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Money In Harry Potter - Coin Design And Specifications
On every Galleon there is a serial number referring to the goblin who cast it. In Order of the Phoenix, Hermione bewitched fake Galleons ...   » 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 - Belshazzar: Encyclopedia Ii - Belshazzar - Belshazzar In Contemporary Babylonian Sources
Belshazzar was the son of Nabonidus, who after ruling only three years, went to the oasis of Tema and devoted himself to the worship of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pound Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Pound Mass - Ambiguity
If neither “avoirdupois” nor “troy” is specified, nowadays the international pound (avoirdupois) is meant and is by law the only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belshazzar: Encyclopedia Ii - Belshazzar - In Classical Rabbinic Literature
Belshazzar appears in many works of classical Jewish rabbinic literature. The chronology of the three Babylonian kings is given in the Ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pound Mass: Encyclopedia Ii - Pound Mass - Force Weight And Mass
Historically, the pound predates the understanding of the distinction between force and mass. Once that distinction became clear, it was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belshazzar: Encyclopedia Ii - Belshazzar - Belshazzar In Classical Sources
Herodotus refers to the last king of Babylon as Labynetos and claims that this was also the name of his father. Herodutus says that the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belshazzar: Encyclopedia Ii - Belshazzar - The Sacred Royal Feast
Though the narrative and its details stand outside history, the setting of the feast at which the temple vessels from Jerusalem were dese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shmuel Yosef Agnon: Encyclopedia Ii - Shmuel Yosef Agnon - Works
The wellspring of Agnon's works is Judaism in all of its aspects, such as customs, faith, and language. Agnon gives them his own touch an...   » Read the article