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Joseph Albo
History; Israeli history
Author of Sefer Ha-Ikkarim, "The Book of Principles", a major work of Jewish thought written in Spain in 1425.
Sub-camp
History; Israeli history
Auxiliary forced labor camp linked administratively to one of the major concentration camps. There were thousands of sub-camps in the concentration camp system, which numbered ...
Nebuchadnezzar
History; Israeli history
Babylonian emperor who captured Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E., ending the First Temple period.
Hiddur Mitzvah
History; Israeli history
Beautifying the Mitzvah. Concept of going beyond the bare requirements of a mitzvah by using only the finest quality items to carry it out.
Bishop Konrad Graf von Preysing
History; Israeli history
Became Bishop of Berlin in 1935, attacked Nazi policies in his various sermons. Known to have met frequently with Military Resisters, is said to have given a personal blessing to ...
authoritarianism
History; Israeli history
Believing in or characterized by unquestioning obedience to authority, as that of a dictator, rather than individual freedom of judgment and action.
Birkat Hamalshinim
History; Israeli history
Benediction concerning heretics. A prayer that invoked divine wrath upon Christian Jews and other heterodox Jewish groups. Twelfth section of the shemoneh esreh.
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