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Hedyot also characterizes an untrained as opposed to a skilled worker (Mo'ed Katan 10a). [1] In judicial practice, a hedyot is a layperson who serves as a judge, rather than an expert (mumkheh). For example, a single expert can remove the serious sanction of herem from a sinner, but such a removal would take three people of hedyot status. [2]
Chaim Dov Rabinowitz (Hebrew: חיים דב רבינוביץ January 24, 1911 – April 18, 2001) was a Haredi rabbi, educator, sofer and author. He is most well known for his monumental commentary on the Hebrew Bible (Da'ath Soferim) and a history of the Jewish people (The History of the Jewish People - From Nechemia to the Present).
Da'at Miqra series. Da’at Miqra (Hebrew: דעת מקרא, lit. ''knowledge of Scripture'') is a series of volumes of Hebrew-language biblical commentary published by the Jerusalem-based Mossad Harav Kook and constitutes a cornerstone of contemporary Israeli Orthodox bible scholarship.
Daas/Daat Elyon ("Higher Knowledge") and Daas/Daat Tachton ("Lower Knowledge") are two alternative levels of perception of reality in Hasidic thought. Their terms derive from the Kabbalistic sephirot : Keter (above conscious Will ) and Da'at (conscious Knowledge ), considered two levels of the same unifying principle; the first encompassing ...
It contains three types of commentary: (1) the p'shat, which discusses the literal meaning of the text; this has been adapted from the first five volumes of the JPS Bible Commentary; (2) the d'rash, which draws on Talmudic, Medieval, Chassidic, and Modern Jewish sources to expound on the deeper meaning of the text; and (3) the halacha l'maaseh ...
The Book of Habakkuk is the eighth book of the 12 minor prophets of the Bible. [1] It is attributed to the prophet Habakkuk.Due to the limited historical data, scholars have proposed a broad range of dates for the composition of the book; many agree that the period during Jehoiakim’s reign (609–597 BCE) aligns well with the context described in Habakkuk. [2]
MS. Kennicott 3, created in 1299. Shows the beginning of Numbers with its first word illustrated with calligraphy: וידבר Way-ḏabbêr, "And He spoke…" Most commentators divide Numbers into three sections based on locale (Mount Sinai, Kadesh-Barnea and the plains of Moab), linked by two travel sections; [7] an alternative is to see it as structured around the two generations of ...
Several indications suggest that the writers of 3 Enoch were familiar with the content of 1 Enoch (an apocalyptic text dating to the Second Temple period). Some points that appear in 1 Enoch and 3 Enoch are: Enoch ascends to Heaven in a “storm chariot” (3 Enoch 6:1; 7:1) Enoch is transformed into an angel (3 Enoch 9:1–5; 15:1–2)