Term for the (Gen. vii. 11) of the Old Testament, used in the apocalyptic, New Testament, and cabalistic literature for the place of punishment of the wicked; hell; the abode of certain demons. As such the Abyss of Fire is mentioned in the Book of Enoch (xviii. 11-16, 19; xxi....
How does a boy become “bar mitzvahed” and a girl “bat mitzvahed?” What ceremony is needed? What does the term mean? What is the history of it? What’s the purpose of it? The right and wrong ways to do it. The Jewish Wedding ...
V., has a wider range of application than its English equivalent, since it is the ordinary term for any kind of agreement or compact. Naturally the word has to be considered in the sense of a solemn agreement; but it must be noticed that all agreements among ancient peoples were solemn ...
The World to Come — orolam ha-bahin Hebrew — is a general Jewish term for the hereafter. References to it are sprinkled throughout ancient Jewish texts, though the particulars of what it means aren’t entirely clear. There are two general possibilities: One is that it refers to a heaven...
Though the definite origins of the word Palestine have been debated for years and are still not known for sure, the name is believed to be derived from the Egyptian and Hebrew word peleshet. Roughly translated to mean rolling or migratory, the term was used to describe the inhabitants of th...
The term Chosen People has caused many to accuse God of favoritism and the Jews of being smug elitists who think God prefers them over all other peoples.
26 — six days into his term. “Why at this time did there have to be this stupid mission when it wasn’t even barely a week into his administration? Why? For two years prior, there were no boots on the ground in Yemen — everything was missiles and drones — because there was ...
They were lawless agitators — vandals who smashed property, occupied a building through coercive force, and unfurled banners calling for “intifada,” a term with unmistakably violent implications for Jews everywhere. This wasn’t civil disobedience; it was intimidation dressed in ideological pretense...
It is thus seen that both the term and the idea which the term expresses are of non-Jewish origin and implications. Judaism can not be said to encourage Asceticism, even in the restricted sense of discipline. Rationalists have indeed affected to construe the ritual legalism of both the Penta...
Muslim-Jewish relations alternated between periods of peace and freedom for the Jews andperiods of instability. The concept ofdhimmirefers to protected religious minoritiesthat lived under Islamic rule, and determined relations with Jews, Christians, Zoro-astrians, and others. The term itself can be...