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Neighborhood sign on Knesset Aleph row house. Knesset Yisrael (Hebrew: כנסת ישראל, Ashkenazi pronunciation Knesses Yisroel, lit."Community of Israel" [1]), also known as Knesset, is the name of a group of three former courtyard neighborhoods in central Jerusalem.
Yud Aleph Nissan – (11 Nissan) The birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh rebbe of Chabad. [36] [37] [38] Beis Iyar – (2 Iyar) The birthday of Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn, the fourth rebbe. [39] Chof Tes Elul - (29 Elul) The birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the Tzemach Tzedek, the third rebbe.
The Aleph Institute is an American non-profit organization affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement that provides support services to the approximately 85,000 Jews in the U.S. prison system [1] and Jewish members of the U.S. military located in the United States and deployed abroad.
The statement reads that "The Rebbe clearly inspired a heightened consciousness of Moshiach, one of Judaism's principles of faith, and towards this end, encouraged the study of the traditional sources concerning belief in Moshiach, the Redemption and its imminent fulfillment, as well as an increase in activities of goodness and kindness.
This letter is named bet and vet, following the modern Israeli Hebrew pronunciation, bet and vet (/bet/), in Israel and by most Jews familiar with Hebrew, although some non-Israeli Ashkenazi speakers pronounce it beis (or bais) [3] and veis (/bejs/) (or vais or vaiz). [4] It is also named beth, following the Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation, in ...
Aleph Institute (North East US) was founded in 1991 by Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel, [1] following the founding of the Aleph Institute in Florida in 1981. He was sent by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson to ensure the Jews incarcerated in the North East were provided for, with the responsibly stretching from Virginia northwards, and Ohio eastwards. [2]
On May 3, 1924, [3] the Aleph Tzadik Aleph for Young Men, now an international Jewish fraternity, was formed according to Kubo's plan, with the Omaha and Kansas City chapters receiving the first two charters. Four chapters were in attendance at the first convention in June 1924, and ten at the second convention the following summer.
In the Sefer Yetzirah, the letter aleph is king over breath, formed air in the universe, temperate in the year, and the chest in the soul. Aleph is also the first letter of the Hebrew word emet (אֱמֶת ), which means truth. In Judaism, it was the letter aleph that was carved into the head of the golem that ultimately gave it life.