A hallmark of a Jewish home is the mezuzah, a small parchment scroll bearing the first two biblical verses of the Shema prayer. In Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21, God commands us, "...And you shall inscribe these words upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates." On the...
” which means “five,” a number that itself is identified with fighting the Evil Eye. The Alhambra motif, as well as other Spanish and Moorish hand images, hints at the five pillars of Islam (faith, fasting, pilgrimage, prayer, and tax) in the five fingers of the hand....
What is a Shabbat service? Sabbath: Orthodox Jewish men are obligated to attend prayer services three times a day to God. Once in the morning with theShachritprayer, once in the afternoon for a short prayer calledMinchahand once after dark for the evening prayerMa'ariv. In addition to the...
What is the Hebrew word for love? How do Jewish people pray? What is prayer according to the Bible? What is prayer in the New Testament? What is the Hebrew name for the Book of Chronicles? What is Adon in the Hebrew Bible? What is a prayer of praise in the Bible?
In this week's Parsha, we encounter the renowned second paragraph of the "Shema" prayer—Parashat Ve'haya Eim Shamo'a—which includes the well-known commandment of Tefillin. Although we recite these words daily from an early age, the language used by Moshe raises intriguing questions. ...
Throughout the generations, this word has been on the tongue of every Jew when praying and studying Torah, reverberating during the most famous prayer —“Shema Yisrael.” And, of course, it refers to the holy land. Reading Torah passages in English can be a barrier to appreciating the ...
Thus, on this page, in alphabetical order, is a list of the words I have defined for that purpose. Clicking on any word in the list will jump you to my understanding of it. (In a few cases, the link will take you to a site outside The Zoo Fence where I believe the term or su...
Beis HaMikdash– yeshivish way of referring to our Temple. Means House of Holiness. bentchers–a little book which contains the prayers we say after a meal, and sometimes songs and various other ritual stuff. Mainly, though, they are used for the after meal prayer of thanks. ...
SHEBA SHEBANG SHEC SHED SHEDG SHEDS SHEE SHEEC SHEED SHEEL SHEEN SHEENT SHEEO SHEEP SHEF SHEF(S) SHEFC SHEFEX SHeFI SHEG SHEIIBA SHEL SHELDUS SHELF SHELREP SHELS SHELSI SHEM SHEMA SHEMD SHEMP SHEMSI SHEN SHEO SHEP SHEP-PS ▼
As I see it, that means getting to know God through His Word that reveals who God is and what God has done. Certainly we can know God through other means like prayer or our experiences of God’s presence in life, but the primary way is in what God has revealed in His Word. This ...