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P'sikta d'Rav Kahana

History; Israeli history

Homilies on the scriptural readings in synagogues for special Sabbaths and holidays, written around the 5th century; land of Israel.

Beit Hillel

History; Israeli history

House of Hillel. A school of thought during the Talmudic period, generally contrasted with the stricter, more legalistic views of Beit Shammai.

BILU

History; Israeli history

House of Jacob Let Us Go Up. Zionist organization founded in 1882 and comprised of 14 ex-university students from the Ukraine; among the first to immigrate to Israel during the ...

beit shammai

History; Israeli history

House of Shammai. A school of thought during the Talmudic period, generally contrasted with the more lenient, humanistic views of Beit Hillel.

beit midrash

History; Israeli history

House of study. A place set aside for study of sacred texts such as the Torah and the Talmud, generally a part of the synagogue or attached to it.

beis midrash

History; Israeli history

House of study. A place set aside for study of sacred texts such as the Torah and the Talmud, generally a part of the synagogue or attached to it.

Beit Lohamei Haghettaot

History; Israeli history

House of the ghetto warriors. Israeli museum established by survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising to document Jewish efforts to resist the Nazi's and other oppressors.