…נא, ובהרד”א ועוד. וע’ בהגהות מהר”ץ חיות (מגילה יב:) שזה אחד מן המאמרים שהוזכרו בראשונים בשם הירושלמי ולא נמצאו בירוש’ שלפנינו. [5] The term פורס את שמע means to recite…
…God in less physical terms than do the earlier books of the Torah” (xiii) covenant: “Deuteronomy emphasizes this metaphor so frequently that it was later referred to (in 2 Kings…
…I would add that requiring a woman to endure significant anguish to carry a fetus to term is also morally debatable. However, NCJW seem to conclude without warrant that this…
…originally meant “the decisive contest; the real struggle or tussle; a severe contest for supremacy”. Only in the 19th century was it used as a term for an athletic contest…
…Israel in Manalapan have demonstrated conclusively that their passion for the preservation of their shul overrules their own personal choices. Three long-term members and leaders of the synagogue—Bonnie Leff, chair…
…needs, one of the latest buzzwords is the term “microloan,” small loans designed to help people get on their feet and spark their economic potential. Today, I am advocating for…
…seems to have been a deliberate attempt by many of the Talmudic rabbis to limit the bowing ritual, both in terms of its frequency and in terms of how emphatically…
…though R. Kalonymus does not explicitly mentionR. Nachman or his writings, and does not always use the technical term hitbodedut, it is clear both from textual evidence and outside testimonythat…
…it’s not in the Bible. Tanach does not formally have a word for soldiers (occasionally, the descriptive term “Ish Tzava”, “Army Man” is used). Ben Yehuda’s idea can be seen…
…we hear a lot about. We often talk about kavanah in terms of prayer and, at least for me, I have tended to think about it in terms of how…
…to use the term as they wish.” Further, different certifying agencies to which a vegetarian restaurant may subscribe have differing standards. And there is no governmental body that oversees vegetarian…
…the Torah as well. Confronting personal and national history often requires us to come to terms with ‘the good old days’, when the truth of yesterday can be obscured by…