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  2. Jewish views on sin - Wikipedia

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    The word avon is often translated as "iniquity", i.e. a sin done out of moral failing. [5] The word pesha, or "trespass", means a sin done out of rebelliousness. [6] The word resha refers to an act committed with a wicked intention. [7] In several Biblical verses, a person confesses to several such categories of sin one after the other. [8]

  3. Sephardic law and customs - Wikipedia

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    Sephardic law and customs are the law and customs of Judaism which are practiced by Sephardim or Sephardic Jews (lit. "Jews of Spain"); the descendants of the historic Jewish community of the Iberian Peninsula, what is now Spain and Portugal.

  4. History of the Jews in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    The municipality of Yauco has a street with the word "Judio" (Jewish) in it. It is the “Calle Cuesta de los Judios” which in the English language means "Jewish Slope Street" [24] Puerto Rican Jews have made many contributions to the Puerto Rican way of life.

  5. History of the Jews in Uruguay - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic group Uruguayan Jews Judíos de Uruguay יהדות אורוגוואי ‎ Synagogue of the Sephardic Community Total population 12,000 (census) - 20,000 (estimate) Regions with significant populations Predominantly in Montevideo Punta del Este Paysandú Languages Uruguayan Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino Religion Judaism Part of a series on Jews and Judaism Etymology Who is a Jew ...

  6. History of the Jews in the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia

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    There are three synagogues and one Sephardic Jewish Educational Center. One is the Centro Israelita de República Dominicana in Santo Domingo, another is a Chabad outreach center also in Santo Domingo, and another is in the country's first established community in Sosúa. [15]

  7. History of the Jews in Chile - Wikipedia

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    In colonial times, the most prominent Jewish character in Chile was the surgeon Francisco Maldonado da Silva, one of the first directors of the San Juan de Dios Hospital [citation needed]. Maldonado da Silva was an Argentine Jew born in San Miguel de Tucumán into a Sephardic family from Portugal. He was accused to the Tribunal of the ...

  8. History of the Jews in Honduras - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Jews in Honduras begins in the colonial period, during the proceedings of the Inquisition with the arrival of sephardic Jews to Honduran soil. [1] As of April 2020, in Honduras there are 390 self identified Jews who have gained the Honduran residence.

  9. List of Chilean Jews - Wikipedia

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    Mordo Alvo, physician and member of the scientific academy Instituto de Chile [12] Claudio Bunster, scientist (Jewish mother) ...