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The branch of knowledge dealing with past events.

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Daf Yomi

History; Israeli history

Daily Page. Refers to the learning of one page of Talmud a day, an idea of Rabbi Meir Schapiro's to bring Talmud to the masses.

Mezinke Tanz

History; Israeli history

Dance by the bride and groom in honor of the occasion of the parents marrying off the last child in the family.

Bat

History; Israeli history

Daughter or daughter of. Used frequently in “matronymics” (naming by identity of mother).

Yom Kippur

History; Israeli history

Day of Atonement. Annual day of fasting and atonement, occurring in the fall on Tishri 10 (just after Rosh Hashanah); the most solemn and important occasion of the Jewish ...

Taanit

History; Israeli history

Day of Fasting. There are six fast days in the Jewish calendar: Tsum Gedaliah, Yom Kippur, Asarah B'Tevet, Taanit Esther, Shivah Asar B'Tammuz, and Tisha B'av.

Vernichtungslager

History; Israeli history

Death (or extermination) camp, used for murdering Jews and other “racial undesirables.”

Extermination Camps

History; Israeli history

Death camps established by the Nazi's during the Holocaust to annihilate Jews and other non-Aryan minorities. The six major extermination camps were established as part of the ...