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The Zohar also notes that the Hebrew word for "in happiness" (b'simcha, Hebrew: בשמחה) contains the same letters as the Hebrew word for "thought" (machshava, Hebrew: מחשבה). [26] This is understood to mean that the key to happiness is found through our minds, by training oneself to weed out any negative thought that prevent one from ...
Produce designated for the poor (peah, leket, shichecha) and unowned crops were not subjected to (and could not be used as) terumah. [28] Each type of produce had to be individually tithed. [29] A small whole fruit was preferably given, rather than part of a larger fruit. [30] Terumah had to include the best produce if a kohen (priest) lived ...
The word "neder" is mentioned 33 times in the Pentateuch, 19 of which occur in the Book of Numbers. [2] Judaism views the power of speech as very strong. [3] It is speech that distinguishes humans from animals, and has the power to accomplish a lot for better or for worse.
[18] [19] Modern Hebrew still uses the Biblical Hebrew term the needy for almsgiving to the needy at Purim. [20] Scholar James D. Tabor argues that the Ebionites most likely named themselves after the poor, the first of many groups of people mentioned in the Beatitudes of Jesus as blessed and meriting entry in the coming Kingdom of God on Earth ...
Pikuach nefesh (Hebrew: פיקוח נפש), which means "saving a soul" or "saving a life," is the principle in Halakha (Jewish law) that the preservation of human life overrides virtually any other religious rule of Judaism.
If a corpse is present in a house, people and objects within the house become impure. [20] Some of these activities are forbidden (i.e. eating non-kosher meat), [21] others are permitted (i.e. sex between a married couple), [22] and others are unavoidable (i.e. if a person dies suddenly while other people are in the house). Thus, there is no ...
Appearing to the right of the scripture reference is the Strong's number. This allows the user of the concordance to look up the meaning of the original language word in the associated dictionary in the back, thereby showing how the original language word was translated into the English word in the KJV Bible. Strong's Concordance includes:
Gid Hanasheh (Hebrew: גִּיד הַנָּשֶׁה Gīḏ hanNāše, literally "forgotten sinew", often translated as "displaced tendon") is the term for sciatic nerve in Judaism. It may not be eaten by Jews according to Halacha (Jewish Law). The laws regarding the prohibition of gid hanasheh are found in Tractate Chullin, chapter 7.