Yemenite Jews - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews
Yemenite Jews (תֵּימָנִי, Standard Hebrew Temani, Tiberian Hebrew Têmānî; plural תֵּימָנִים, Standard Hebrew Temani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - History Of The Community
Local Yemenite Jewish traditions trace the earliest settlement of Jews in this region back to the time of King Solomon. One legend has it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - History Of The Community
Local Yemenite Jewish traditions trace the earliest settlement of Jews in this region back to the time of King Solomon. One legend has it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aliyah: Encyclopedia - Aliyah
Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה; "ascent") is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia - Arab
The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large and heterogenous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originatin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baladi: Encyclopedia - Baladi
Baladi Jews are Yemenite Jews who generally follow the legal rulings of the Rambam (Maimonides) as codified in his work the Mishneh Torah...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siddur: Encyclopedia - Siddur
The siddur (plural siddurim) is the prayerbook used by Jews the world over, containing a set order of daily prayers. A separate article, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chayei Sarah: Encyclopedia - Chayei Sarah
Chayei Sarah (Hebrew for “life of Sarah”) is the fifth weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia - Yemen
The Republic of Yemen (Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية), composed of former North and South Yemen, is a country on the Arabian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Hebrew Language: Encyclopedia - Yemenite Hebrew Language
The Yemenite Hebrew language or Temani Hebrew language is a descendant of Biblical Hebrew traditionally used by Yemenite Jews. It is beli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia - Judaism
Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia - Beta Israel
  • African Jews     • Qemant     • Falas Mora   •...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bereishit Parsha: Encyclopedia - Bereishit Parsha
Bereishit or Bereshit is the first weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 1:1-6:8....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agunah: Encyclopedia - Agunah
Agunah, according to Jewish law, is a woman who wishes to obtain a divorce from her husband, but whose husband is either unable or unwill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Targum: Encyclopedia - Targum
A targum (plural: targumim) is an Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) written or compiled in the Land of Israel or in Babylo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Yemen - Folk Music
Traditional Yemenite music is usually performed in the home, in a window-lined room at the top of the house called a mafraj during a khat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethnic Divisions: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethnic Divisions - Divisions
Because of the independence of local communities, Jewish "ethnicities", even when they circumscribe differences in liturgy, language, cui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hebrew Phonology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hebrew Phonology - Basic Hebrew Alphabet
Hebrew phonology - Consonants. Note: dagesh and mappiq symbols, the dots in otherwise identical letters, are often omitted in writing. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chayei Sarah: Encyclopedia Ii - Chayei Sarah - Summary
On the death of his wife Sarah, Abraham bargained for and acquired Machpelah for a family tomb. Abraham sent his senior servant to the la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Origins
Beta Israel - Traditions of the Beta Israel. The Ethiopian legend described in the Kebra Negast relates that Ethiopians are descendants...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsade: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsade - Hebrew Tsade
Tsade - Name. Other spellings of the name include ṣāḏê, şādhê, çādhê, s`àdhê, tzadi, tzadik, tsodi, and tsodik. See Hebre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siddur: Encyclopedia Ii - Siddur - Popular Siddurim
Below are listed many popular siddurim used by religious Jews. Siddur - Ashkenazi Orthodox. Siddur Ha-Shalem (a.k.a. the Birnbaum Sidd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - Jewish History By Country Or Region
The experience of the Jews varied from country to country and from time to time. Extensive main articles exist about many areas of Jewish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Israel - History
Israeli music is an integral part of society. Many of the most popular songs are called Shierei Eretz Israel Hay'shana Ve Hatova [Ereẓ ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aliyah: Encyclopedia Ii - Aliyah - Aliyot
Aliyah - First Aliyah 1882-1903. Between 1882 and 1903, approximately 35,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine, then a province of the Ottom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noach Parsha: Encyclopedia Ii - Noach Parsha - Summary
Noach parsha - Noah and the great flood. In response to the wickedness of mankind, God decided to cleanse the world and start again. Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mizrahi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Mizrahi Jews - Language
Many Mizrahi communities existed in Arab countries, and at various times spoke a number of Judeo-Arabic dialects, though these are now ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mizrahi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Mizrahi Jews - Language
Many Mizrahi communities existed in Arab countries, and at various times spoke a number of Judeo-Arabic dialects, though these are now ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rosh Haayin: Encyclopedia Ii - Rosh Haayin - Demographics
According to the CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.8% Jewish and other non-Arabs, without significant Arab population. In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Foreign Relations
The geography and ruling Imams of north Yemen kept the country isolated from foreign influence before 1962. The country's relations with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab - Who Is An Arab?
The definition of who an Arab is has several aspects: Ethnic identity: someone who considers himself to be an Arab (regardless of racial...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Targum: Encyclopedia Ii - Targum - The Two Official Targumim
The two most important targumim for liturgical purposes are: Targum Onkelos on the Torah (The Law) Targum Jonathan ben Uzziel on the Nev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agunah: Encyclopedia Ii - Agunah - Background
Because of the serious nature of adultery in Jewish law, an agunah is forbidden to marry another man, regardless of the circumstances, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bereishit Parsha: Encyclopedia Ii - Bereishit Parsha - Summary
Bereishit parsha - Creation. The creation narrative in Genesis can be split into two sections. The first section starts with an account...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aliyah: Encyclopedia Ii - Aliyah - Aliyot
Aliyah - First Aliyah 1882-1903. Between 1882 and 1903, approximately 35,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine, then a province of the Ottom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Denominations
Over the past two centuries the Jewish community has divided into a number of Jewish denominations; each has a different understanding of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mizrahi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Mizrahi Jews - Mizrahim In Modern Israel
Since their arrival in Israel, the Mizrahim have distinguished themselves from their Ashkenazi and Sephardi counterparts in culture, cust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mizrahi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Mizrahi Jews - Post-1948 Dispersal
Most Mizrahi Jews fled their countries of birth when, in reaction to the events leading up the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and subsequent estab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Yemen Unlike other people of the Arabian Peninsula who have historically been nomads or semi-nomads, Yemeni...   » 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 - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Culture
Main article: Culture of Yemen Yemen - Holidays. Music of Yemen ... See also:Yemen, Yemen - History, Yemen - Politics, Yemen - Gove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Languages
While the national language is Arabic (spoken in several regional dialects), Yemen is one of the main homelands of the South Semitic fami...   » 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 - 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 - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Economy
At unification, both the YAR and the PDRY were struggling, underdeveloped economies. In the north, disruptions of civil war (1962-70) and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Geography
Yemen is in Southwest Asia, in the south of Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, west of Oman and south of Saudi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Politics
Yemen is a republic with a bicameral legislature. Under the constitution, an elected president, an elected 301-seat House of Representati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Demographics
Unlike other people of the Arabian Peninsula who have historically been nomads or semi-nomads, Yemenis are almost entirely sedentary and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Culture
Yemen - Holidays. Music of Yemen ... See also:Yemen, Yemen - History, Yemen - Politics, Yemen - Governorates, Yemen - Geography, Ye...   » 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 - 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 - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - History
Yemen was one of the oldest centres of civilization in the Near East. Between the 9th century BC and the 6th century AD, it was part of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Geography
Main article: Geography of Yemen Yemen is in Southwest Asia, in the south of Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - Jewish History By Country Or Region
The experience of the Jews varied from country to country and from time to time. Extensive main articles exist about many areas of Jewish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Israel Intervenes
The Israeli government accepted the Beta Israel as Jews officially in 1975; Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin obtained clear rulings ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Religious Traditions
The holiest work is the Torah—Orit (i.e., oraita, "Tora" in Aramaic). All the holy writings, including the Torah, are handwritten on pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aliyah: Encyclopedia Ii - Aliyah - Recent Trends
Since the mid 1990s, there has been a steady stream of South African Jews, American Jews, and French Jews who have either made aliyah, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Economy
Main article: Economy of Yemen At unification, both the YAR and the PDRY were struggling, underdeveloped economies. In the north, disrupt...   » 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 Denominations
Over the past two centuries the Jewish community has divided into a number of Jewish denominations; each has a different understanding of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Ethiopian Enclave
The Beta Israel, also known as Chabashim, come from a Jewish enclave in the Ethiopian highlands that had little contact with other Jewish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Politics
Main article: Politics of Yemen Yemen is a republic with a bicameral legislature. Under the constitution, an elected president, an electe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - Geography
Main article: Geography of Yemen Yemen is in Southwest Asia, in the south of Arabia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Israel Intervenes
The Israeli government accepted the Beta Israel as Jews officially in 1975; Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin obtained clear rulings ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Oppression
After the rise of Christianity in Ethiopia in the fourth century, the Jews who refused to convert were persecuted and withdrew to the mou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethnic Divisions: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethnic Divisions - In Israel
Although the Jewish population was severely reduced after the Arab invasions of the 7th century, Jews were always present in Palestine. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - Ancient Jewish History Through 50 Ce
Jewish history - Ancient Israelites. For the first two periods the history of the Jews is mainly that of Fertile Crescent. It begins am...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - The European Enlightenment And Haskalah 1700-1800s
During the period of the European Renaissance and Enlightenment, significant changes were happening within the Jewish community. The Hask...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - Jews In The Middle Ages 50 Ce Through 1700 Ce
The experience of Jews varied from country to country and region to region. See the main articles Jews in the Middle Ages in Europe and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Religious Traditions
The holiest work is the Torah -- Orit (i.e., oraita, "Tora" in Aramaic). All the holy writings, including the Torah, are handwritten on p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beta Israel: Encyclopedia Ii - Beta Israel - Ethiopian Enclave
The Beta Israel, also known as Chabashim, come from a Jewish enclave in the Ethiopian highlands that had no contact with other Jewish com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agunah: Encyclopedia Ii - Agunah - Activism
Many women's groups feel that rabbinical courts fail to use all the measures at their disposal to force men to grant their wives a get, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Targum: Encyclopedia Ii - Targum - Other Targumim On The Torah
There are also a variety of western targumim on the Torah, each of which was traditionally called Targum Yerushalmi ("Jerusalem Targum")....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aliyah: Encyclopedia Ii - Aliyah - Recent Trends
Since the mid 1990s, there has been a steady stream of South African Jews, American Jews, and French Jews who have either made aliyah, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab - Religions
Before the coming of Islam, most Arabs followed a religion featuring the worship of a number of deities, including Hubal, Wadd, Al-Lat, M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab - Traditional Genealogy
Medieval Arab genealogists divided the Arabs into three groups: the "ancient Arabs", tribes that had been destroyed or vanished, such as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Arab - History
The first written attestation of the ethnonym "Arab" occurs in an Assyrian inscription of 853 BC, where Shalmaneser III lists a King Gind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish History: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish History - 1800s
Though persecution still existed, emanicipation spread throughout Europe in the 1800s. Napoleon invited Jews to leave the Jewish ghettos ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Ethnic Divisions: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Ethnic Divisions - History
As long ago as Biblical times, cultural and linguistic differences between Jewish communities even within the area of Palestine are obser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Judaism - Jewish Religious History
Jewish history is an extensive topic; this section will cover the elements of Jewish history of most importance to the Jewish religion an...   » 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 - Yemen: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemen - History
Main article: History of Yemen Yemen was one of the oldest centres of civilization in the Near East. Between the 9th century BC and the 6...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siddur: Encyclopedia Ii - Siddur - History Of The Siddur
The earliest parts of Jewish prayer are the "Shema Yisrael" (Hear O Israel) (Deuteronomy 6:4 et seq) and the set of 19 blessings called t...   » 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 - Mizrahi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Mizrahi Jews - Mizrahim In Modern Israel
Since their arrival in Israel, the Mizrahim have distinguished themselves from their Ashkenazi and Sephardi counterparts in culture, cust...   » 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 - Jewish Prayer And Practice
Judaism - Prayers. Main articles: Jewish services, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mizrahi Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Mizrahi Jews - Post 1948 Dispersal
Most Mizrahi Jews fled their countries of birth when, in reaction to the events leading up the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and subsequent estab...   » 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 - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Religious Groups
The three main groups of Yemenite Jews are the Baladi, the Shami and the Maimonideans or "Rambamists" (followers of Maimonides aka "Ramba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Yemenite Jews And Maimonides
The average Jewish population of Yemen for the first five centuries C.E. is said to have been about 3,000. The Jews were scattered throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Operation Magic Carpet
In 1922, the government of Yemen reintroduced an ancient Islamic law requiring that Jewish orphans under age 12 be forcibly converted to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Religious Traditions
The Yemenite Jews are the only Jewish community who maintain the tradition of reading the Torah in the synagogue in both Hebrew and the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Writings
The oldest Yemenite manuscripts are those of the Hebrew Bible, which the Yemenite Jews call "Taj" ("crown"). They date from the ninth cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Form Of Hebrew
There are two main pronunciations of Yemenite Hebrew, considered by many scholars to be the most accurate form of Biblical Hebrew, althou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Form Of Hebrew
There are two main pronunciations of Yemenite Hebrew, considered by many scholars to be the most accurate form of Biblical Hebrew, althou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Religious Traditions
The Yemenite Jews are the only Jewish community who maintain the tradition of reading the Torah in the synagogue in both Hebrew and the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Yemenite Jews And Maimonides
The average Jewish population of Yemen for the first five centuries C.E. is said to have been about 3,000. The Jews were scattered throug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Religious Groups
The three main groups of Yemenite Jews are the Baladi, the Shami and the Maimonideans or "Rambamists" (followers of Maimonides aka "Ramba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Writings
The oldest Yemenite manuscripts are those of the Hebrew Bible, which the Yemenite Jews call "Taj" ("crown"). They date from the ninth cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yemenite Jews: Encyclopedia Ii - Yemenite Jews - Operation Magic Carpet
In 1922, the government of Yemen reintroduced an ancient Islamic law requiring that Jewish orphans under age 12 be forcibly converted to ...   » Read the article