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Moses ben Maimon [a] (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (/ m aɪ ˈ m ɒ n ɪ d iː z / my-MON-ih-deez) [b] and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (Hebrew: רמב״ם), [c] was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
Orchot Tzaddikim ( Hebrew: ארחות צדיקים) is a book on Jewish ethics written in Germany in the 15th century, entitled Sefer ha-Middot by the author, but called Orḥot Ẓaddiḳim by a later copyist. Under this title a Yiddish translation, from which the last chapter and some other passages were omitted, was printed at Isny in 1542 ...
The Living Torah[ 3] is a 1981 translation of the Torah by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan. It was and remains a highly popular translation, [ 4] and was reissued in a Hebrew-English version with haftarot for synagogue use. Kaplan had the following goals for his translation, which were arguably absent from previous English translations: Make it clear and ...
[24] "History", or specifically biblical history, in this context appears to mean a definitive and finalized framework of events and actions—comfortingly familiar shared facts—like an omniscient medieval chronicle, shorn of alternative accounts, [25] psychological interpretations, [26] or literary pretensions. But prominent scholars have ...
A Mikraot Gedolot ( Hebrew: מקראות גדולות, lit. 'Great Scriptures'), often called a " Rabbinic Bible" in English, [ 1] is an edition of the Hebrew Bible that generally includes three distinct elements: The Masoretic Text in its letters, niqqud (vocalisation marks), and cantillation marks. A Targum or Aramaic translation.
In contemporary Judaism, a Mi Shebeirach serves as the main prayer of healing, particularly among liberal Jews, [ b] to whose rituals it has become central. The original Mi Shebeirach, a Shabbat prayer for a blessing for the whole congregation, originated in Babylonia as part of or alongside the Yekum Purkan prayers.
Cyrillic. Ѕ, У, Ѵ. Waw ( wāw "hook") is the sixth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician wāw 𐤅, Aramaic waw 𐡅, Hebrew vav ו , Syriac waw ܘ and Arabic wāw و (sixth in abjadi order; 27th in modern Arabic order). It represents the consonant [ w] in classical Hebrew, and [ v] in modern Hebrew, as well as the vowels ...
אגרת הקדש, אגה״ק ( Igeret HaKodesh) - 1) ( Chasidism) Holy Letter; a volume of the Tanya. 2) A treatise by the Ramban on marriage. אגרת התשובה, אגה״ת ( Igeret HaT'shuvah) - ( Chasidism) lit. Letter of Teshuvah; a volume of the Tanya. אגרות קודש, אג״ק ( Igrot Kodesh) - Holy Letters.