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In Jewish law, a shaliaḥ (Hebrew: שָלִיחַ, ; pl. שְלִיחִים , sheliḥim or sheliah, literally "emissary" or "messenger") is a legal agent. In practice, "the shaliaḥ for a person is as this person himself."
Shelah is a Latin transcription of several separate Hebrew names. In Biblical Hebrew, it may represent שֵׁלָה ("Shelah" or "Shela") or שֶׁלַח ("Salah", "Shelah" or "Shela"). [ 1 ] A later Hebrew name that has been rendered as "Shela" is שילא, as exemplified by the early third-century Babylonian rabbi Rav Shela , [ 2 ] which may ...
According to the Bible, Shelah/Shela (Hebrew: שֵׁלָה, Modern: Shela, Tiberian: Šēlā, meaning "petition" [1]) was the third son of Judah, and was born at Chezib, [2] which can be identified with an unknown town in the vicinity of Mareshah.
Selah (Hebrew: שֶׁלַח, romanized: Šélaḥ), Salah or Sala (Greek: Σαλά – Salá) or Shelah is an ancestor of the Israelites and Ishmaelites according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. He is thus one of the table's "seventy names". He is also mentioned in Genesis 11:12–15, 1 Chronicles 1:18–24, and Luke 3:35–36.
People walk a historic downtown neighborhood just a few blocks behind the National Palace in the historic Jewish neighborhood where a wave of Jewish migrants arrived in the early 20th century.
Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name Síle, which is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin name Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meaning 'heavenly'.
The Jewish holiday of Hunukkah is commemorated every year for eight days in November and December. The exact dates change because it is based on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar.
And they have arrived at an essential moment in Jewish history after last year’s Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, increased concerns about antisemitism worldwide and, as a result, a renewed ...