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A woman, upon giving birth, becomes impure for 7 days for a son or 14 days for a daughter. [13] A person who has been diagnosed with tzaraath. [14] A house and its contents which have been diagnosed with tzaraath. [15] A man or woman with an unnatural emission from the genitals , or a menstruating woman . A person who touches them, or who ...
This is a list of English words of Hebrew origin. Transliterated pronunciations not found in Merriam-Webster or the American Heritage Dictionary follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter taw ( ת ) is transliterated as a 't' as opposed to an 's'.
Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law (1 C, 179 P) Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish prayers and blessings (1 C, 100 P) New Testament Hebrew words and phrases (5 P)
A corruption of the French word for Jewish, juif. Originating from the French argot Verlan. [55] Heeb, Hebe United States: Jews Derived from the word Hebrew. [56] [57] Hymie United States: Jews Derived from the Hebrew Chaim ('life'). Also used in the term Hymietown, a nickname for Brooklyn, New York, and as a first name. [58] Ikey, Ike United ...
Lashon hara (or loshon horo, or loshon hora) (Hebrew: לשון הרע ; "evil tongue") is the halakhic term for speech about a person or persons that is negative or harmful to them, even though it is true. [4] It is speech that damages the person(s) who is talked about either emotionally or financially, or lowers them in the estimation of ...
The parashah is made up of 2,123 Hebrew letters, 553 Hebrew words, 40 verses, and 72 lines in a Torah Scroll. [1] Jews generally read it in September or, rarely, late August or early October, on the Sabbath immediately before Rosh Hashanah. [2] The lunisolar Hebrew calendar contains 50 weeks in common years, and 54 or 55 weeks in leap years. In ...
The words included in the dictionary are Hebrew words from the above sources. Occasionally, Ben-Yehuda also added some Arabic, Greek and Latin words from the Mishna and the Gmara that he believed were necessary (for example the words "אכסניה" ( en': Motel ) and "אכסדרה" ( en': porch ) which appear in the dictionary in their Aramaic ...
Holiness in Judaism, often referred to by the Hebrew word for holiness, Kedushah (Hebrew: קְדֻשָּׁה), is frequently used in Judaism to describe God; worldly places and items that have holy status, such as a Torah, other Torah literature, and Jewish ritual objects such as a menorah, tzitzit, tefillin, or mikveh; special days of the year; and people who are considered on a high ...