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Hadass (Hebrew: הדס , pl. hadassim - הדסים ) is a branch of the myrtle tree that forms part of the netilat loulav used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Hadass is one of the Four species (arbaʿath haminim– ארבעת המינים ). The others are the lulav (date palm frond), aravah , and etrog .
When she is introduced, in Esther 2:7, she is first referred to by the Hebrew name Hadassah, [8] which means "myrtle tree." [9] This name is absent from the early Greek manuscripts, although present in the targumic texts, and was probably added to the Hebrew text in the 2nd century CE at the earliest to stress the heroine's Jewishness. [10]
Esther (Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר) is a female given name known from the Jewish queen Esther, eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther.. According to the Hebrew Bible, queen Esther was born with the name הֲדַסָּה Hadassah ("Myrtle").
Hadassah (Hebrew: הֲדַסָּה) means myrtle. It is given as the Hebrew name of Esther in the Book of Esther. Hadassah may also refer to:
"Hadassah": is a Jewish name that may mean "myrtle"; the name Esther could be derived from the Persian word for "star," or the name of the Babylonian goddess "Ishtar". [ 24 ] "For she had neither father nor mother" from Hebrew "for there was not to her father or mother", is 'universally understood to mean Esther's father and mother were no ...
JASHP is the recipient of Hadassah's Myrtle Wreath Award, which is "given to individuals and non-profit organizations which have made significant humanitarian ...
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Esther was the chief character in the Book of Esther.She is counted among the prophetesses of Israel. Allusions in rabbinic literature to the Biblical story of Esther contain various expansions, elaborations and inferences beyond the text presented in the book of the Bible.