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21Exilarch — An exhibit depicting Exilarch Huna at the Beit Hatefutsot Exilarch (Hebrew: ראש גלות Rosh Galut, Aramaic: ריש גלותא Reish Galuta lit. head of the exile , Greek: Æchmalotarcha) refers to the leaders of the Diaspora Jewish community in Babylon… …
22Mishpatim — (מִּשְׁפָּטִים Hebrew for “laws,” the second word of the parshah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 21:1–24:18. Jews in the… …
23Naso (parsha) — Naso or Nasso (נָשֹׂא Hebrew for lift up, the sixth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 35th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the book of Numbers. It constitutes …
24Jacob Neusner bibliography — This is a list of books by Professor Jacob Neusner as of early 2005. Articles, reviews, etc. are not included here.* A Life of Yohanan ben Zakkai. Leiden, 1962: Brill. Abraham Berliner Prize in Jewish History, Jewish Theological Seminary of… …
25Avodah Zarah — This article is about portion of the Talmud. For Jewish views of idolatry, see Idolatry in Judaism. Avodah Zarah (Hebrew: foreign worship, meaning idolatry or strange worship ) is the name of a tractate in the Talmud, located in Nezikin, the… …
26MISHNAH — (Heb. מִשְׁנָה). The term mishnah is used in a number of different ways (see below), but when used as a proper noun ( the Mishnah ) it designates the collection of rabbinic traditions redacted by Rabbi judah ha nasi (usually called simply Rabbi ) …
27Talmud — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy) …
28PARODY, HEBREW — Parody in Early Hebrew Literature Parody is the use of a recognizable literary form as a vehicle to ridicule or mock something or someone. The writer takes a well known, serious work as his model and invests it with new and amusing contents, at… …
29Hanina b. Papi — For another Jewish Amora sage also of the Land of Israel, same 3d Amoraic generetion with a similar name, see Hanina ben Pappa. For the Babylonian Amora sages of the 5th generetion, see Rav Papi or Rav Papa. Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim… …
30Shaatnez — Shatnez (or Sh atnez/Shaatnez) (שעטנז) is the Jewish law derived from the Torah that prohibits the wearing of a garment containing both interwoven wool and linen (linsey woolsey) ; any such fabric is referred to in Judaism as shatnez . The… …
