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Vashti (Hebrew: וַשְׁתִּי , romanized: Vaštī; Koinē Greek: Ἀστίν, romanized: Astín; Modern Persian: واشتی, romanized: Vâšti) was a queen of Persia and the first wife of Persian king Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included within the Tanakh and the Old Testament which is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Commentaries from My Jewish Learning (trans-denominational) This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 18:01 (UTC). ...
Rabbis debating the Talmud, 1870 A historic painting of Jews studying Torah. Torah study is the study of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature, and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts.
God told Moses to take a census of the Gershonites between 30 and 50 years old, who were subject to service for the Tabernacle.The Gershonites had the duty, under the direction of Aaron’s son Ithamar, to carry the cloths of the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with its covering, the covering of tachash skin on top of it, the screen for the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, the hangings of the ...
Moshe Menachem Mendel Spivak Meir Shapiro, initiator of Daf Yomi. The novel idea of Jews in all parts of the world studying the same daf each day, with the goal of completing the entire Talmud, was first proposed in a World Agudath Israel publication in December 1920 (Kislev 5681) Digleinu, the voice of Zeirei Agudath Israel, [9] by Rabbi Moshe Menachem Mendel Spivak, [10] [11] and was put ...
70 Faces Media is an American non-profit media organization, focusing on the Jewish community. The name is a reference to the idea of the Torah having "70 faces", or multiple methods of espousal. The idea comes from the religious text Numbers Rabbah .
I’m a 40-year-old Columbia University professor and last month I found myself crying in front of dozens of strangers on campus.
The Jewish Learning Network or JNET is an adult education program run by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. It is a division of the Chabad movement's educational arm, ...