heavens (conceived as ahierarchyof spheres) became a staple ofapocalyptic literature, and Jewish mystics produced a vast theosophical lore concerning heavenly palaces, angelic powers, and the dimensions of God’s body. Traces of this heavenmysticismcan still be found in the Jewishprayerbook (...
As the time of crisis drew near, Jesus gathered the Twelve Apostles for the Last Supper. Despite the great difficulties in chronology, many interpreters have come to conclude with theologian Joachim Jeremias that the Last Supper took place within the framework of a Jewish Passover meal where Jes...
He is also the Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Sholom in Bridgewater New Jersey, a congregation which he served for forty years. In recent years he has used his guitar skills to offer therapeutic music to people in hospice. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of ...
white with a blue hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known as the Magen David (Star of David or Shield of David) centered between two equal horizontal blue bands near the top and bottom edges of the flag; the basic design resembles a traditional Jewish prayer shawl (tallit), which is whit...
Temple of Jerusalem was either of two temples that were the center of worship and national identity in ancient Israel. The First Temple was completed in 957 BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 587/586 BCE. The Second Temple was completed in 515 BCE a
During the Six-Day War of 1967, the Jewish state occupied the Jordanian sector and shortly thereafter expanded the city boundaries—thereby annexing some areas of the West Bank previously held by the Jordanians—and extended its jurisdiction over the unified city. Although Israel’s actions were ...
The Germans called this “the final solution to the Jewish question.” Yiddish-speaking Jews and survivors in the years immediately following their liberation called the murder of the Jews the Ḥurban, the word used to describe the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem by the Babylonian...
Sadducee, member of a Jewish priestly sect that flourished for about two centuries before the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in 70 ce. Not much is known of the Sadducees’ origin and early history, but their name may be derived from that of Zadok, who was high priest in ...
JewishEncyclopedia.com - Babylonia(Apr. 21, 2025) See all related content Babylonia, ancient cultural region occupying southeastern Mesopotamia between theTigris and Euphratesrivers (modern southernIraqfrom aroundBaghdadto thePersian Gulf). Because the city ofBabylonwas the capital of this area for so...
the name given to the elaborately embroidered strips stitched on the chasuble. The fringes on the Jewish prayer shawl (ṭallit) witness to “the commandments of the Lord” mentioned in chapter 15 ofNumbersand remind the worshipper that he (or she, depending on the tradition) hascovenantedto...