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Halacha l'maaseh

History; Israeli history

Practical Halachah. Practical (rather than theoretical) matters of Jewish law.

Ben Torah

History; Israeli history

Son of the Torah. One who is religiously observant and well-versed in the classical religious texts.

Sennacherib

History; Israeli history

Powerful Assyrian emperor who waged war against Judah during King Hezekiah’s reign at the end of the 8th century B.C.E.

Mystery Religions

History; Israeli history

Designation used for a group of ancient Greco-Roman religions characterized by an emphasis on a central "mystery" (often concerning fertility and immortality). In many ways, both ...

Atlit

History; Israeli history

Detention camp established after WWII in the town of Atlit located on the northern coast of the British Mandate of Palestine, in order to house “illegal" Jewish immigrants ...

Pilpul

History; Israeli history

Dialectical rational method of studying Jewish oral law as codified in the Talmud(s).

Hayyim (ben Isaac) of Volozhin

History; Israeli history

(1749-1821) Disciple of the Vilna Gaon; a leader of the Mitnagg'dim (anti-Hasidim); founder of the Volozhin yeshiva; Lithuania.

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