- In its
primary meaning, the
Hebrew word
mitzvah (/ˈmɪtsvə/; Hebrew: מִצְוָה, mīṣvā [mit͡sˈva],
plural מִצְווֹת mīṣvōt [mit͡sˈvot]; "commandment") refers...
- A bar
mitzvah (masc.) or bat
mitzvah (fem.) is a
coming of age
ritual in Judaism.
According to
Jewish law,
before children reach a
certain age, the parents...
- Gedolot) is the
earliest extant enumeration of the 613 mitzvot.
Sefer ha-
Mitzvoth ("Book of Commandments") by
Rabbi Saadia Gaon.
Written during the period...
- ISBN 9781032199344. R.
Yisrael Meir
haKohen (Chofetz Chayim), The
Concise Book of
Mitzvoth, p. ****v. This
version of the list was
prepared in 1968. The Ramban's addition...
-
Shabbat (UK: /ʃəˈbæt/, US: /ʃəˈbɑːt/, or /ʃəˈbʌt/; Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, [ʃa'bat], lit. 'rest' or 'cessation') or the
Sabbath (/ˈsæbəθ/), also
called Shabbos...
- p.****v, R.
Yisrael Meir
haKohen (Chofetz Chayim), The
Concise Book of
Mitzvoth. This
version of the list was
prepared in 1968.
Menachem Lorberbaum, 'Making...
-
Amalek (/ˈæməlɛk/;
Biblical Hebrew: עֲמָלֵק, romanized: ʿĂmālēq) is
described in the
Hebrew Bible as the
enemy nation of the Israelites. The name "Amalek"...
- The
Golden Rule is the
principle of
treating others as one
would want to be
treated by them. It is
sometimes called an
ethics of reciprocity,
meaning that...
- The
Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי), also
called the
Jewish calendar, is a
lunisolar calendar used
today for
Jewish religious observance...
- The brit
milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה,
Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashke****: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of cir****cision") or bris (Yiddish: ברית, Yiddish:...
