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Ba’alei Tosafot
History; Israeli history

A group of Torah scholars, mainly descendents of Rashi, who formulated and perpetuated much of the Ashkenazi Tradition. They lived primarily during the 12 th and 13 th centuries ...

Min
History; Israeli history

A heretic, sectarian, or schismatic, according to classical Judaism. The term was applied both to Christians, especially Christian Jews, and to people of "gnostic" tendencies, ...

Molotov Cocktail
History; Israeli history

A homemade grenade consisting of a flammable liquid encased in a bottle. First used by Finnish soldiers to resist the Soviet invasion in 1940 and were named in honor of the Soviet ...

Merkaz Harav (The Rabbi's Center)
History; Israeli history

A Jerusalem Zionist yeshiva founded by Rabbi Avraham Itzhak Hacohen Kook, subsequently led by his son, Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook; the school and the source of inspiration of all the ...

Purim
History; Israeli history

A Jewish festival commemorating the deliverance of Jews in Persia as described in the biblical book of Esther (Megillat Esther). Held in late winter (between Hanukkah and ...

Kippah
History; Israeli history

A Jewish headcovering worn for worship, religious study, meals, or at any other time; also called yarmulke.

Ebionites
History; Israeli history

A Judeo-Christian sect (or category) in the 2nd-4th centuries CE; accepted much of Mosaic Torah (circumcision, sabbath, etc.) but rejected sacrifices; accepted Jesus/Joshua as ...

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