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"Huzzah" on a sign at a Fourth of July celebration. Huzzah (sometimes written hazzah; originally HUZZAH spelled huzza and pronounced huh-ZAY, now often pronounced as huh-ZAH; [1] [2] in most modern varieties of English hurrah or hooray) is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), "apparently a mere exclamation". [3]
The Hebrew word for peace is shalom which is derived from one of the names of God. Hebrew root word for "complete" or "whole" implying that according to Judaism and the teachings of the Torah, only when there is a true state of "wholeness" meaning that everything is "complete" does true "peace" reign.
making peace between a person and another human being. A person who embodies chesed is known as a chasid ( hasid , חסיד ), one who is faithful to the covenant and who goes "above and beyond that which is normally required" [ 14 ] and a number of groups throughout Jewish history which focus on going "above and beyond" have called themselves ...
God's love is as strong as death because it is love for the People Israel, and it is as a collective that Israel returns God's love. Thus, although one may die, God and Israel, and the love between them, lives on. In other words, Song of Songs is "the focal book of revelation" [41] where the "grammar of love" is most clearly expressed. But this ...
He also used other important sources such as ancient epigraphy, coins, prayers, Jewish poems (also known as piyyut), Jewish responsa from the Geonim time, literature of the Karaite, the Kabala and science books from his time. about half a million notes containing excerpts from various Jewish sources were found in Ben-Yehuda's house.
Shalom bayit [1] (Hebrew: שְׁלוֹם בַּיִת, lit. peace of the home) (also sholom bayit or shlom bayit, or (Yiddish) sholom bayis or shlom bayis) is the Jewish religious concept of domestic harmony and good relations between husband and wife. In a Jewish court of law, shalom bayit is the Hebrew term for marital reconciliation. [2]
People participate in a Tashlich ritual organized by Jewish Voice for Peace to mark the one-year anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel and calling for a ceasefire, on October 6, 2024 in Los ...
'books'), or in its singular form, sefer, are books of Jewish religious literature and are viewed by religious Jews as sacred. These are generally works of Torah literature, i.e. Tanakh and all works that expound on it, including the Mishnah , Midrash ( Halakha , Aggadah ), Talmud , and all works of Musar , Hasidism , Kabbalah , or machshavah ...