(esp. formerly in E Europe) a private Jewish school for teaching young children the fundamentals of Judaism. [1880–90; < Yiddishkheyder< Hebrewḥedherliterally, room] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House...
Discussion on the talmudic texts; Sample texts and passages from the Torah; Symbolisms contained in the paragraphs of Exodus; Evaluation of God's existence and creation.SchonfieldJeremyEBSCO_AspEuropean Judaism
In the USSR all questions connected with the institution of marriage are regulated by the 1968 Fundamentals of the Legislation of the USSR and the Union Republics on Marriage and the Family (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta SSSR, 1968, no. 27, p. 241), by the republic-level codes on marriage...
In the USSR all questions connected with the institution of marriage are regulated by the 1968 Fundamentals of the Legislation of the USSR and the Union Republics on Marriage and the Family (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta SSSR, 1968, no. 27, p. 241), by the republic-level codes on marriage...
1.The quality or state of being particular rather than general. 2.Exactitude of detail, especially in description:a travel account written with almost excruciating particularity. 3.Attention to or concern with detail; fastidiousness:a scholar known for her particularity. ...
He thought of becoming aFreemasonbut quit the idea as it did not fully satisfy his quests. He soon realized that in order to overthrow the religious and political fundamentals of the Jesuits, he had to form his own secret society with an elite team who believed in his propaganda, and so,...
Nazarbaev explained that the law was necessary in order to protect the country from religious extremism and that “interfaith accord is one of the fundamentals of the unity of the [Kazakh] nation” (Nazarbaev in TengriNews 2011b). In addition to the re-ligious law, the “State Program to...
*Christianity:(78.5%)-Protestantism(51.3%)-RomanCatholicism(23.9%)-Mormonism(1.7%)-Jehovah'sWitnesses(0.7%)-OrthodoxChurch(0.6%)-otherChristian(0.3%)*Unaffiliated,includingatheistoragnostic(16.1%)*Judaism(1.7%)*Buddhist(0.7%)*Islam(0.6%)*Hinduism(0.4%)*other(1.2%)Protestants 50%of...
The moral certitude of the state in wartime is a kind of fundamentalism. And this dangerous messianic brand of religion, one where self-doubt is minimal, has come increasingly to color the modern world of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. —Chris Hedges ...
the practices and doctrines of the Brahmos, members of a Hindu theistic society noted for its belief in social reform and monotheism. Krishnaism the worship of Krishna as the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu, the preserver-god of the Hindu trinity. ...