It is associated with Jews and is one of the most recognizable Jewish symbols. The star also forms the center of the flag of Israel. It is said that King David carried a six-pointed star as his shield- that’s how this symbol got its name. The two triangles in the star point to th...
An enduring aspect of their journey is their religious heritage, no less the symbols of their faith, including an attachment to the land of ancient Israel and its primary religious and political center, Jerusalem.doi:10.1007/978-1-137-06474-5_4David Hulme...
You’ve probably seen these uniquely shaped symbols on pendants worn by Jewish women or displayed in Judaica stores. And in Israel the hamsa — whether on necklaces, keychains or displayed on walls — is as ubiquitous as the Star of David. But what is a hamsa exactly? And what makes it ...
SYMBOLS AND CUSTOMS Bikkurim The Mishnah or first part of the Talmud describes how thebikkurimor first fruits used in the celebration of Shavuot are selected: "When a man comes down to his field and sees a ripe fig, or a ripe cluster of grapes, or a ripe pomegranate, he ties each wit...
he began to search for a photo of his wife's family's old synagogue in Albany Park for a family history project. At around the same time Packer, a professional private building inspector, noticed an old church with Jewish symbols on it and discovered that it had once been a synagogue, ...
are fish דָגִים dagim, which are said to be immune to the evil eye since they live underwater (according to a line in the Torah “the water covers the fish of the sea so the eye has no power over them (Berakhot 55b)”) and which are also symbols of good luck....
("cubicula") are decorated with paintings, from which the figures of animals are not always excluded (cemetery of the Vigna Randanini, cemetery of Carthage). There are also some sculptured sarcophagi. The epitaphs, usually in faulty Greek, are accompanied by characteristic symbols;e.g., ...
lovingly gazing down upon us in a portrait or looking upwards in an icon. As a babe in mother’s arms, as a man spreading the Word, at a bountiful supper, and as a martyr. And now swaddled in a keffiyeh. We use religious symbols to motivate the audience toward a vision or narrative...
Sequence Organization in Interaction: Conversation-analytic transcript symbols Much of our daily lives are spent talking to one another, in both ordinary conversation and more specialized settings such as meetings, interviews, classro... EA Schegloff 被引量: 1897发表: 2007年 Sequence Organization in ...
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