A Torah database (מאגר תורני or מאגר יהדות) is a collection of classic Jewish texts in electronic form, the kinds of texts which, especially in Israel...
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lacked information as to the provenance of their digital texts. Common Torah database applications such as the Bar-Ilan Responsa Project and Hebrew text editing...
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A Torah scroll (Hebrew: סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah, lit. "Book of Torah"; plural: סִפְרֵי תוֹרָה Sifrei Torah) is a handwritten copy of the Torah, meaning...
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Simchat Torah (שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, lit., "Torah celebration", Ashkenazi: Simchas Torah), also spelled Simhat Torah, is a Jewish holiday that celebrates...
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A Torah ark (also known as the hekhal, Hebrew: היכל, or aron qodesh, אֲרוֹן קׄדֶש) is an ornamental chamber in the synagogue that houses the Torah scrolls...
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Judaism (section Torah readings)
the supplemental Oral Torah is represented by later texts, such as the Midrash and the Talmud. The Hebrew-language word torah can mean "teaching", "law"...
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Library Mechon Mamre Sages of Ashkenaz Database Halacha Brura and Birur Halacha Institute The Electronic Torah Warehouse hebrewbooks.org seforimonline...
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compact disc as part of the searchable Bar Ilan Responsa Project. (See Torah database.) Encyclopedia Talmudica is an English translation, commenced 1969....
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Shavuot (redirect from Feast of the Torah)
Counting of the Omer. Its date is directly linked to that of Passover; the Torah mandates the seven-week Counting of the Omer, beginning on the second day...
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Degel HaTorah (Hebrew: דגל התורה, lit. 'Banner of the Torah') is an Ashkenazi Haredi political party in Israel. For much of its existence, it has been...
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Jewish views on Jesus (redirect from Jesus and the Torah)
even considered by some polytheistic. According to Judaic beliefs, the Torah rules out a trinitarian God in Deuteronomy (6:4): "Hear Israel, the LORD...
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Haftara (redirect from Half torah)
the Torah reading on each Sabbath and on Jewish festivals and fast days. Typically, the haftara is thematically linked to the parashah (weekly Torah portion)...
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Genre (redirect from Torah Tape)
only intensified. A Torah Tape is a recording of a lecture on a Torah topic. Historically these were physical tapes, Initially, Torah Tape patrons would...
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body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandments (mitzvot), subsequent Talmudic...
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613 commandments (redirect from Torah Laws)
According to Jewish tradition, the Torah contains 613 commandments (Hebrew: תרי״ג מצוות, romanized: taryág mitsvót). This tradition is first recorded...
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Bar and bat mitzvah (section Aliyah to the Torah)
as the age of majority with respect to following the commandments of the Torah, including: "Why is the evil inclination personified as the great king (Ecclesiastes...
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Messianic Judaism (redirect from Christian Torah-observance)
"One Torah for All") teaches that anyone who is a part of Israel is obligated to observe the Covenant and its provisions as outlined in the Torah. Dan...
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Aish formerly known as Aish HaTorah (Hebrew: אש התורה, lit. "Fire of the Torah"), is a Jewish educational organization. The focus of Aish is to spread...
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Revelation (redirect from Mattan Torah)
believes that in addition to the written Torah, God also revealed to Moses a set of oral teachings, called the Oral Torah. In addition to this revealed law,...
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Translated by Moshe Lichtman. Eim Habanim Semeichah on HebrewBooks.org Torah database Chaburat Eim Habanim Semeichah—On-line study of Eim Habanim Semeichah...
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Sefer Torah is read during the Torah reading which is part of the Shabbat morning services, with a longer reading than during the week. The Torah is read...
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Pharisees (category Oral Torah)
different interpretations of the Torah and how to apply it to current Jewish life, with Sadducees recognizing only the Written Torah and rejecting Prophets, Writings...
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Modern Orthodox Judaism (section Torah im Derech Eretz)
Western world, Centrist Orthodoxy underpinned by the philosophy of Torah Umadda ("Torah and secular knowledge") is prevalent. In Israel, Modern Orthodoxy...
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Jewish prayer book. Prayer, as a "service of the heart," is in principle a Torah-based commandment. It is mandatory for Jewish women and men. However, the...
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placed over the Torah Ark (Heichal) for Tisha(ng) BAv. This is the only time of the year that a curtain hangs in front of the Torah Ark. According to...
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Alisa M. Flatow Yeshiva High School (redirect from Bat Torah Academy)
Bat Torah - The Alisa M. Flatow Yeshiva High School was a private Jewish day school located in Suffern, New York. In May 2011, the school had planned...
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considered by its followers as a necessary part of the study of Torah – the study of Torah (the Tanakh and rabbinic literature) being an inherent duty of...
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Shemini Atzeret (section Simchat Torah)
which practices of each holiday are to apply. The celebration of Simchat Torah is the most distinctive feature of the holiday, but it is a later rabbinical...
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Yom Kippur (section In the Torah)
Moses announced to the people that they had been forgiven; as a result the Torah fixed this date as a permanent holiday of forgiveness. The new covenant...
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United Talmud Torahs of Montreal (Hebrew: הַמְאוּחָדִים בְּמוֹנְטְרִיאָל בָּתֵי תַלְמוּד תוֹרָה, French: Talmud Torahs Unis de Montréal) (also known...
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