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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]
Sefaria is an online open source, [1] free content, digital library of Jewish texts. It was founded in 2011 by former Google project manager Brett Lockspeiser and journalist-author Joshua Foer. [2] [3] [4] Promoted as a "living library of Jewish texts", Sefaria relies partially upon volunteers to add texts and translations.
In Jewish theology it is likewise used of God's love for the Children of Israel, and in Jewish ethics it is used for love or charity between people. [1] Chesed in this latter sense of 'charity' is considered a virtue on its own, and also for its contribution to tikkun olam (repairing the world). It is also considered the foundation of many ...
Sifrei Kodesh (Hebrew: ספרי קודש, lit. 'Holy books'), commonly referred to as sefarim (Hebrew: ספרים, lit. 'books'), or in its singular form, sefer, are books of Jewish religious literature and are viewed by religious Jews as sacred.
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.
At this point, Ben-Yehuda decided to write a book that would include useful Hebrew words. He started by writing the name of the vessels from "Masechet Keilim" from the Mishna, [11] and later he wrote some less common words he encountered. Before he decided how to name the book he got tuberculosis, stopped studying medicine and moved to Algeria.
The Hebrew Bible is generally considered to consist of 24 books, but this number is somewhat arbitrary, as (for example) it regards 12 separate books of minor prophets as a single book. [65] The traditional rabbinic count of 24 books appears in the Talmud [ 63 ] and numerous works of midrash . [ 66 ]
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 ...