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ḤAGIGAH — (Heb. חֲגִיגָה); the last tractate – according to the customary arrangement – of the order Mo ed in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. It is also called Reʾiyyah (so in the Zuckermandel edition of the Tosefta). The… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hagigah — Tractate Hagigah ( literally Festival Offering ) deals with the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot) and the pilgrimage offering that men were supposed to bring in Jerusalem. At the middle of the second chapter, the Talmud… … Wikipedia
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Kabbalah — This article is about traditional Jewish Kabbalah. For other Kabbalistic traditions see Christian Cabbalah, Hermetic Qabalah, and Practical Kabbalah Part of a series on … Wikipedia
Menahem the Essene — For the Israelite King, see Menahem (Ben Gadi). For the Khazar ruler of the same name, see Menahem (Khazar). For the medieval poet and philologist, see Menahem ben Saruq. Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim… … Wikipedia
Moed — (Hebrew: מועד) ( Festivals ) is the second Order of the Mishnah, the first written recording of the Oral Torah of the Jewish people (also the Tosefta and Talmud). Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest. The order of Moed… … Wikipedia
ELISHA BEN AVUYAH — ELISHA BEN AVUYAH, tanna, quoted once in the Mishnah as saying: Learning in youth is like writing with ink on clean paper, but learning in old age is like writing with ink on blotted paper (Avot 4:20). From the position of this saying toward the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MERKABAH MYSTICISM or MA'ASEH MERKAVAH — (Heb. מַעֲשֵׂה מֶרְכָּבָה), the name given to the first chapter of Ezekiel in Mishnah Ḥagigah, 2:1. The term was used by the rabbis to designate the complex of speculations, homilies, and visions connected with the Throne of Glory and the chariot … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MIDRESHEI HALAKHAH — (Heb. מִדְךְשׁי הֲלָכָה; Halakhic Midrashim ), the appellation given to a group of tannaitic expositions on four books of the Pentateuch. This body of tannaitic literature will be discussed below under the following headings: (1) Characteristics… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Merkabah — For the series of Israeli main battle tanks, see Merkava. Ezekiel s chariot vision , by Matthaeus Merian (1593 1650). Merkabah (Hebrew: מֶרְכַּבְ ,מרכבה, and מִרְכֶּבֶת chariot , derived from the consonantal root … Wikipedia
