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Altaschith ( Hebrew: אל תשחית; Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈ (ʔ)al taʃˈχit]) is a Hebrew phrase sometimes translated "do not destroy". It was used in the titles of Psalms 57, 58, 59, and 75. Scholars have not reached agreement about its meaning, but it may have been a reference to an ancient song whose tune was to be used in singing the ...
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.
t. e. Aggadah ( Hebrew: אַגָּדָה ʾAggāḏā or הַגָּדָה Haggāḏā; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אַגָּדְתָא ʾAggāḏəṯāʾ; "tales, fairytale, lore") is the non-legalistic exegesis which appears in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly the Talmud and Midrash. In general, Aggadah is a ...
A Torah scroll ( Hebrew: סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah, lit. "Book of Torah"; plural: סִפְרֵי תוֹרָה Sifrei Torah) is a handwritten copy of the Torah, meaning the five books of Moses (the first books of the Hebrew Bible ). The Torah scroll is mainly used in the ritual of Torah reading during Jewish prayers.
Version B is a compilation of allegoric and mystic Aggadahs suggested by the names of the various letters, the component consonants being used as acrostics (). [1]Aleph (אלף = אמת למד פיך, "thy mouth learned truth") suggests truth, praise of God, faithfulness (אמונה = emunah), or the creative Word of God (אמרה = imrah) or God Himself as Aleph, Prince and Prime of all ...
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.
The Even-Shoshan Dictionary is written fully vowelized, and not just in ktiv maleh, because ktiv maleh may change the meaning slightly. For example, in the word "להניח" ('lehaniach'), if the ה ('heh') has a patach under it, it means "to cause rest;" while if it has a kamatz under it, it means "to place."
F, U, V, W, Y. 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 ...