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For example, Rashi often uses Hebrew letters to write French translations of Biblical Hebrew, marking it with a gershayim like an abbreviation (ex. אפייצימנ״טו appaisement, cf. "And thou wast pleased with me," Gen. 33:10). He usually appends בְּלַעַ״ז ("in the local language") afterwards.
Acronyms have been widely used in Hebrew since at least the Middle Ages.Several important rabbis are referred to with acronyms of their names. For example, Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak is known as Rashi (רש״י), Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon is commonly known as Rambam (רמב״ם), Rabbi Moshe ben Nahman is likewise known as the Ramban (רמב״ן), and Baal Shem Tov is called the Besht (בעש״ט).
Some Hebrew acronyms are not included here; they may be found in the List of Hebrew acronyms. Many of the abbreviations here are similar or identical to corresponding Hebrew acronyms. In fact, a work written in Aramaic may have Hebrew acronyms interspersed throughout (ex. Talmud, Midrash), much as a Hebrew work may borrow from Aramaic (ex. Tanya).
Many of the abbreviations here may be similar or identical to those in the other lists of acronyms. In fact, a work written in Yiddish may have Hebrew and Aramaic abbreviations interspersed throughout, much as an Aramaic work may borrow from Hebrew (ex. Talmud, Midrash, Zohar) and Hebrew from Aramaic (ex. Shulchan Aruch, Mishneh Torah ...
Malben (Hebrew: מלב"ן, a Hebrew-language acronym for Hebrew: מוֹסְדוֹת לְטִפּוּל בְּעוֹלִים נֶחֱשָׁלִים, romanized: Mosdot le-ṭipul be-ʻolim neḥshalim, lit. 'Institutions for the Care of Handicapped Immigrants') was an agency for the care of aged, weak, and disabled immigrants in Israel.
The outcome was MALBEN—a Hebrew acronym for Organization for the Care of Handicapped Immigrants. Over the next few years, MALBEN rushed to convert former British Army barracks and any other available building into hundreds of hospitals, homes for the aged, TB sanitariums, sheltered workshops, and rehabilitation centers.
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It leased the space from Hebrew Home for the Aged for one dollar. [ 9 ] In 1969, Jewish Social Service Agency moved to a new complex on Montrose Road in Rockville, Maryland , along with the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington and the renamed Hebrew Home of Greater Washington. [ 9 ]