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These dreams are connected with the births of Tirthankaras and the other prominent people including Chakravarti, Balabhadra/Baladeva and Vāsudeva in Jainism. They are 63 in total and called Shalakapurusha. Their mothers see a certain number of dreams on conception of their soul in womb. They are described in the great detail in Kalpasutra.
Various numbers play a significant role in Jewish texts or practice. Some such numbers were used as mnemonics to help remember concepts, while other numbers were considered to have intrinsic significance or allusive meaning. Numbers such as 7, 10, 12, and 40 were known for recurring in symbolic contexts.
In traditional Sabbath Torah reading, the parashah is divided into seven readings, or עליות , aliyot.In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Vayetze is unusual in that it is entirely contained in one single "open portion" (פתוחה , petuchah) (roughly equivalent to a paragraph, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter פ ()).
Thanksgiving is a special day, A day we give our thanks. For all the people in our lives, And the money in our banks. Thanksgiving is a special day, A day we share the joy. We come before a lavish ...
PARIS (AP) - It's unlucky to stay inside on the 13th day of the Iranian New Year, but fear surrounding the number 13 has chilled people for centuries around the world. The fear of the number even ...
Yigdal (Hebrew: יִגְדַּל , romanized: yiḡdal, lit. 'be exalted') is a Jewish hymn which in various rituals shares with Adon Olam the place of honor at the opening of the morning and the close of the evening service. It is based on the 13 principles of faith (sometimes referred to as "the 13 Creeds") formulated by Maimonides. This ...
Celebrate Thanksgiving with one of these poems about home, family, food, blessings and other meaningful (and sometimes funny) Turkey Day verses and rhymes.
Joseph Interprets the Dream of Pharaoh (19th Century painting by Jean-Adrien Guignet). Miketz or Mikeitz (מִקֵּץ —Hebrew for "at the end," the second word and first distinctive word of the parashah) is the tenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.