Category: Judaism

Primo Levi

Primo Michele Levi (31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, novels, collections of short…

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YHWH: The Biblical Tetragrammaton

(Related Posts: GOD – ADONAI – ALLAH) The tetragrammaton (from Greek Τετραγράμματον, meaning “four letters”) is the four Hebrew letters יהוה‎, commonly transliterated into Latin letters as YHWH. It is…

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Abrahamic Religions

Abraham

Abraham (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Avraham ; Arabic: إبراهيم‎‎, Ibrāhīm), originally Abram, is the Patriarch of the Abramitic Religion (and first of the three Patriarchs of Judaism). His story features in the…

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Messiah

In Abrahamic religions, the Messiah (Hebrew: מָשִׁיחַ‎, translit. Māšîaḥ‎), Christ (Greek: Χριστός, translit. Khristós), or Al-Masih (Arabic: المسيح‎‎, ISO 233: mahdī) is the one chosen to lead the World and thereby…

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Messianic Age

From Judaism to Christianity, from Islam to Buddhism, to Hinduism and Zoroastrianism: humanity has always awaited a time of peace, justice, and knowledge. This study explores the Messianic Age as a common hope, spiritual vocation, and prophetic destiny, inviting the reader to recognize the signs of the advent of a new world in their own lives.

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Kippah

A yarmulke (Yiddish) or Kippah (Hebrew) is a small cloth cap worn by Jews. Traditionally it was worn only by men, but in modern times the push for equality between…

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Abrahamic Religions

GOD

Related Articles: ALLAH ADONAI YHWH With the term GOD we intend to indicate the Superior Entity and Creator of the Universe, endowed with extraordinary power, variously named and meant in…

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ADONAI

The Name of GOD used most often in the Hebrew Bible is the Tetragrammaton YHWH (Hebrew: יהוה‎‎). It is frequently anglicized as Jehovah and Yahweh and written in most English…

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Tenth – Ma’aser

Maaser means “a tenth.” It’s based on the Hebrew word eser, or ten. As a rule, it refers to donating ten percent of whatever to whomever. While ma’aser may seem like…

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Abrahamic Religions

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)

Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּיפּוּר or יום הכיפורים), also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jewish…

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Jesus

Jesus (from Greek: Ἰησοῦς, translit. Iesous; Hebrew: ישוע‎, translit. Yēšū́aʿ, lit. ‘Yeshua; “YHWH saves”‎; c. 4 BC – c. AD 30), also referred to as Jesus Christ, was a Jewish…

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Hillel The Elder

Introduction Hillel (Hebrew: הלל; variously called Hillel HaGadol, or Hillel HaZaken, Hillel HaBavli or HaBavli,. was born according to tradition in Babylon c. 110 BCE, died 10 CE in Jerusalem) was a famous…

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Jubilee

The Jubilee (Hebrew יובל yūḇāl) year is the year at the end of seven cycles of shmita (Sabbatical years), and according to Biblical regulations had a special impact on the…

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