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ARAMAIC LANGUAGE AMONG THE JEWS

ARAMAIC LANGUAGE AMONG THE JEWS – JewishEncyclopedia.com. ARAMAIC LANGUAGE AMONG THE JEWS: Table of Contents Considered Foreign by Ancient Hebrews. Aramaic Displaces Hebrew. The Targum, the Aramaic Version of the Scriptures. Language of Amoraim. Arabic Displaces Aramaic. The Zohar. Names and Dialects of Aramaic. Extent of Aramaic Literature. Considered Foreign by Ancient Hebrews. Of all…

The Oldest Reference to Israel

The Oldest Reference to Israel – Biblical Archaeology Society. Why do we have a Bible from ancient Israel and Judah? Could something like it have existed among the Philistines, the Moabites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians or the Persians? If so, why haven’t they been transmitted throughout the ages and been translated into thousands of languages,…

KORBAN OMER

THE FIRST KORBAN OMER Rabbi Yirmiyah accepted Rabbi Zeira’s explanation and he proved it by quoting a discussion between Rav Kahana and his contemporaries. Rav Kahana was asked by his contemporaries regarding the korban omer that the Jews brought when they entered Eretz Yisroel. They inquired of him as to where did the barley come…

Talmud – Mas. Rosh HaShana 12b

AND FOR VOWS. Our Rabbis taught: If one is interdicted by vow to have no benefit from another person for a year, he reckons twelve months from day to day. If he said ‘for this year’, then even if he made the vow on the twenty-ninth of Elul, as soon as the first of Tishri arrives a…

Ten things

Ten things were created on the eve of Shabbat at Twilight [on the sixth day of creation]. They are: … As well as tongs, since tongs are made with tongs. (Pirkei Avot 5:6) Tongs. The silversmith uses tongs to hold hot metal and form it into tools and vessels. Hence, “tongs are made with tongs,” since…

INSIGHTS TO THE DAF

VIEWPOINTS REGARDING MAASER There are many different opinions regarding the types of produce that is subject to the Biblical obligation of maaser and which is only Rabbinic. Here is a partial list of some of these viewpoints. Rashi and Tosfos maintain that grains, grapes and olives have a Biblical maaser obligation and all other…

Numbers 3:1-4

Numbers 3:1-4 Muster of the Tribe of Levi. – As Jacob had adopted the two sons of Joseph as his own sons, and thus promoted them to the rank of heads of tribes, the tribe of Levi formed, strictly speaking, the thirteenth tribe of the whole nation, and was excepted from the muster of the…

Prayer for Wisdom

Prayer for Wisdom The following is a prayer for wisdom. It is the opening prayer for meetings of the International Nazarene Beit Din and is placed here as a reminder to us to seek YHWH’s wisdom. It is taken by a prayer of Solomon for Wisdom given in the Wisdom of Solomon: 1: O Elohim…

Today’s Mitzvah

Today’s Mitzvah A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work “Sefer Hamitzvot” Important Message Regarding This Lesson The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides’ 14-volume code. There are instances when the Mitzvah is repeated a few days consecutively while the exploration of the same Mitzvah continues in the…

Hanging Up Dry Clothing on Shabbat

In the previous Halacha we have established that one may not hang up wet clothing on Shabbat in order to dry it. This is not a Torah prohibition; rather, our Sages prohibited this so that people do not suspect the individual hanging up the clothes on Shabbat that he laundered them on Shabbat. Let us…

Drying Laundry on Shabbat

Drying Laundry on Shabbat Question: May one hang up laundry that was washed on Erev Shabbat to dry on Shabbat? Answer: The Mishnah (Shabbat 146b) states: “One whose clothing became wet on Shabbat may continue to wear them without concern. When he reaches the outer courtyard, he may spread out the garment to dry facing the sun…