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Pikuach nefesh (Hebrew: פיקוח נפש),
which means "saving a soul" or "saving a life," is the
principle in
Halakha (Jewish law) that the
preservation of human...
- two
essays on the holy
names of God
which occur in the
Scriptures Nefesh David veNefesh Chayyah, on the
death of his parents, ib. 1812; Ma'ase de-Rabbi...
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psychological treatise Sefer ha-
nefesh ('Book of the Soul'), and a
volume of
poetry entitled Zera
kodesh ('Seed of Holiness'). Ha-Matseref;
ve-hu ha-ḥelek ha-rishon...
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wrote two
religious works in the
field of
Judaism and the Tanach:
Hegyon ha-
Nefesh ("Contemplation of the Soul") on repentance, and
Megillat ha-Megalleh ("Scroll...
- 65:2)
Israeli Medical Corps: המציל נפש אחת כאילו הציל עולם שלם Ha-matsil
nefesh achat,
keilu hitsil olam
shalem (He who
saves one soul, it is as if he saves...
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interpreted them, such as his disciples:
Rabbi Chaim of
Volozhin in his book
Nefesh HaChaim,
Rabbi Moshe of Tolchin,
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklov, and the...
- decades, some
communities have
adopted the
practice to sing the
piyut ****id
Nefesh before (or
occasionally after) the
Kabbalat Shabbat prayers. In Ashke****c...
- what it has done
during the day; the soul then
reports it to the
spirit (
nefesh), the
spirit to the angel, the
angel to the cherub, and the
cherub to the...
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fasting is
waived in the case of
dangerous medical conditions (pikuach
nefesh), and in such a case one is
actually required to
break the fast. Just as...
