• A Torah database (מאגר תורני or מאגר יהדות) is a collection of classic Jewish texts in electronic form, the kinds of texts which, especially in Israel...
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    translations, and personal autonomy in the study and craft of works of Torah. Unencumbered access to educational resources, the importance of attribution...
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    the supplemental Oral Torah is represented by later texts, such as the Midrash and the Talmud. The Hebrew-language word torah can mean "teaching", "law"...
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    A Torah scroll (Hebrew: סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah, lit. "Book of Torah"; plural: סִפְרֵי תוֹרָה Sifrei Torah) is a handwritten copy of the Torah, meaning...
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    Simchat Torah (Hebrew: שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה‎; Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates and marks the conclusion...
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    A Torah ark (also known as the hekhal, Hebrew: היכל, or aron qodesh, אֲרוֹן קׄדֶש) is an ornamental chamber in the synagogue that houses the Torah scrolls...
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    Shavuot (redirect from Feast of the Torah)
    Counting of the Omer. Its date is directly linked to that of Passover; the Torah mandates the seven-week Counting of the Omer, beginning on the second day...
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    List of Jewish prayers and blessings List of rabbis Rabbinic Judaism Torah databases (electronic versions of traditional Jewish texts) Yeshiva § Curriculum...
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  • even considered by some polytheistic. According to Judaic beliefs, the Torah rules out a trinitarian God in Deuteronomy (6:4): "Hear Israel, the LORD...
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  • compact disc as part of the searchable Bar Ilan Responsa Project. (See Torah database.) An online version of Encyclopedia Talmudit is available, linked from...
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  • Degel HaTorah (Hebrew: דגל התורה, lit. 'Banner of the Torah') is an Ashkenazi Haredi political party in Israel. For much of its existence, it has been...
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  • "One Torah for All") teaches that anyone who is a part of Israel is obligated to observe the Covenant and its provisions as outlined in the Torah. Dan...
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    Haftara (redirect from Half torah)
    the Torah reading on each Sabbath and on Jewish festivals and fast days. Typically, the haftara is thematically linked to the parashah (weekly Torah portion)...
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    as the age of majority with respect to following the commandments of the Torah, including: "Why is the evil inclination personified as the great king (Ecclesiastes...
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    Sefer Torah is read during the Torah reading which is part of the Shabbat morning services, with a longer reading than during the week. The Torah is read...
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  • body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandments (mitzvot), subsequent Talmudic...
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  • 613 commandments (redirect from Torah Laws)
    According to Jewish tradition, the Torah contains 613 commandments (Hebrew: תרי״ג מצוות, romanized: taryág mitsvót). Although the number 613 is mentioned...
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    older English texts, the translation "Day of Atonement" is often used. The Torah calls the day Yom HaKippurim (יוֹם הַכִּיפּוּרִים‎), and decrees fasting...
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  • which practices of each holiday are to apply. The celebration of Simchat Torah is the most distinctive feature of the holiday, but it is a later rabbinical...
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    Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths, is a Torah-commanded Jewish holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th...
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    Aish, formerly known as Aish HaTorah (Hebrew: אש התורה, lit. "Fire of the Torah"), is a Jewish educational organization. The focus of Aish is the spread...
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    Translated by Moshe Lichtman. Eim Habanim Semeichah on HebrewBooks.org Torah database Chaburat Eim Habanim Semeichah—On-line study of Eim Habanim Semeichah...
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    theologians. For example, Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah or Yad ha-Chazakah: Yesodei ha-Torah, counts ten ranks of angels. The Zohar, in Exodus 43a...
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    Western world, Centrist Orthodoxy underpinned by the philosophy of Torah Umadda ("Torah and secular knowledge") is prevalent. In Israel, Modern Orthodoxy...
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    Yiddish words include Yidn (Jews), erlekhe Yidn (virtuous Jews), ben Torah (son of the Torah), frum (pious), and heimish (home-like; i.e., "our crowd"). In...
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    educational resources Open-source Judaism Open-source religion Open textbook Torah database User-centered design User-generated content Web-to-print Graubart, Hadara...
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    considered by its followers as a necessary part of the study of Torah – the study of Torah (the Tanakh and rabbinic literature) being an inherent duty of...
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    rejection of the book is that it is inconsistent with the teachings of the Torah. From the standpoint of Rabbinic Judaism, the book is considered to be heretical...
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  • thought of Reb Simhah Bunim. Urim Publications. ISBN 9789655240030. OCLC 190789076. Kosov, Baruch ben Avraham (1912). Tiferes haYehudi. Torah Database....
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    Torah Or/Likutei Torah is a compilation of Chassidic treatises, maamarim, by the first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. The treatises are classic...
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