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The term megillah is most widely used for the book of Esther, even though it is applied to the rest as well. The term megillah is also used in a joking way, in reference to any lengthy story. [6] Eugene H. Peterson's Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work examines the application of the Megillot to Christian pastoral theology. [7] [page needed] p.21.
The first page (2a) of the Vilna daf edition Babylonian Megillah. Masechet Megillah of the Babylonian Talmud (Gemara) is a commentary of the Amoraim that analyzes and discusses the Mishnayot of the same tractate; however, it does not do so in order: the first chapter of each mirror each other, [7] [8] as do the second chapters, [9] [4] but the Gemara's third chapter reflects the fourth of the ...
The Megillah , a musical by Itzik Manger in the style of Purim spiel; List of English words of Yiddish origin#Megillah, colloquially, a tediously detailed discourse;
Megillah: 4 33 32 41 Mo'ed Katan: 3 24 29 23 Chagigah: 3 23 27 28 Seder Nashim 7 masechtot 71 578 605 418 Yevamot: 16 128 122 88 Ketubot: 13 111 112 77 Nedarim: 11 90 91 42 Nazir: 9 60 66 53 Sotah: 9 67 49 52 Gittin: 9 75 90 53 Kiddushin: 4 47 82 53 Seder Nezikin 10 masechtot 74 685 682 301 Bava Kamma: 10 79 119 40 Bava Metzia: 10 101 119 35 ...
The Jewish Encyclopedia commented in its entry: "That Antioch is mentioned as a coast city; that John, with the surname "Maccabee," is called a high priest; and that the reign of Antiochus is said to have lasted twenty-three years, all go to prove that the Megillah is a spurious work of fairly recent times." [1]
Megillat Taanit (Hebrew: מגילת תענית, romanized: məḡillaṯ taʿaniṯ), lit. "the Scroll of Fasting," is an ancient text, in the form of a chronicle, which enumerates 35 eventful days on which Jews either performed glorious deeds or witnessed joyful events.
The Jerusalem Talmud (Hebrew: תַּלְמוּד יְרוּשַׁלְמִי, romanized: Talmud Yerushalmi, often Yerushalmi for short) or Palestinian Talmud, [1] [2] also known as the Talmud of the Land of Israel, [3] [4] is a collection of rabbinic notes on the second-century Jewish oral tradition known as the Mishnah.
Yitzhak Shamir spinning a gragger Knocking out Haman's name from stones 18th century Megillah reading; children with graggers in the back. A grager (Yiddish: גראַגער, 'rattler'), also gragger, grogger or gregger, [1] is a noisemaking device, most commonly a ratchet, used to make noise by the congregation when the name of Haman is read out during the recitation of the Megillah in the ...