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Temple precinct, located on the extended Temple Mount platform, and including the Court of the Gentiles; Court of the Women or Ezrat HaNashim; Court of the Israelites, reserved for ritually pure Jewish men; Court of the Priests, whose relation to the Temple Court is interpreted in different ways by scholars
The Court of the Women (Hebrew: עזרת הנשיםEzrat HaNashim or עזרת נשים Ezrat Nashim) was the outer forecourt of the Temples in Jerusalem into which women were permitted to enter. [ 1 ] The court was also known as the "middle court", as it stood between the Court of the Gentiles and the Court of Israel, i.e. the Court of the ...
The Temple Warning inscription, also known as the Temple Balustrade inscription or the Soreg inscription, [2] is an inscription that hung along the balustrade outside the Sanctuary of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Two of these tablets have been found. [3] The inscription was a warning to pagan visitors to the temple not to proceed further.
Judaism portal. v. t. e. A beth din (Hebrew: בית דין, romanized: Bet Din, lit. 'house of judgment', [bet ˈdin], Ashkenazic: beis din, plural: batei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. [1] In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system. Today, it is invested with legal powers in a number of religious matters (din Torah ...
The Second Temple (Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי Bēṯ hamMīqdāš hašŠēnī, transl. 'Second House of the Sanctum') was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem, in use between c. 516 BCE and its destruction in 70 CE. In its last phase it was enhanced by Herod the Great, the result being later called ...
In Judaism, the priestly court (beit din shel kohanim, Hebrew: בית דין של כהנים; also translated as the beit din of the priests[1] or Court of the Priests[2][3][4][5][6]) was a court of Jewish law, composed of priests descended from Aaron, which operated at the Temple in Jerusalem and oversaw matters related to the priesthood and ...
It has been taught; R. Jose said; Originally there were not many disputes in Israel, but one Beth din of seventy-one members sat in the Hall of Hewn Stones, and two courts of twenty-three sat, one at the entrance of the Temple Mount and one at the door of the [Temple] Court, and other courts of twenty-three sat in all Jewish cities. If a matter ...
Temple Scroll. Portion of the Temple Scroll. The Temple Scroll (Hebrew: מגילת המקדש) is the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Among the discoveries at Qumran it is designated: 11QTemple Scroll a (11Q19 [11Q Ta]). It describes a Jewish temple, along with extensive detailed regulations about sacrifices and temple practices.