- hillul
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hillul hashem — ḵə̇|lülhəˈshām noun ( s) Etymology: Hebrew ḥillūl hashshēm desecration of the name (of God) : an act in contravention of Jewish religious or ethical principles that is regarded as an offense to God compare kiddush hashem … Useful english dictionary
KIDDUSH HA-SHEM AND ḤILLUL HA-SHEM — (Heb. קִדּוּשׁ הַשֵּׁם וְחִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם). The antithetical terms kiddush ha Shem ( sanctification of the (Divine) Name ) and ḥillul ha Shem ( defamation of the (Divine) Name ) are complementary antonyms and denote the two aspects of one of the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TALMID ḤAKHAM — (Heb. תַּלְמִיד חָכָם; pl. talmidei ḥakhamim; lit. a disciple of the wise rather than a wise student ), the appellation given to a rabbinical scholar. The Talmud expresses the preference of the aristocracy of learning over that of distinguished… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
He (letter) — He is the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician (IPA| [h] ).The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Epsilon, Etruscan sounds, which is an interesting note.OriginsIn Proto West Semitic there were still three voiceless… … Wikipedia
DESECRATION — (Heb. חִלּוּל, ḥillul; lit., desanctification or profanation ). In the Bible Desecration occurs when the holy is replaced by the profane or impure, the difference between the two being that the impure must be purified before it can be… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GENTILE — GENTILE, non Jew. It was only during the later Second Temple period that a sharp distinction and a barrier of separation was erected between the Jew and the gentile. The prohibition of marriage, which in the Bible was limited to the seven… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤEREM — (Heb. חֵרֶם), the status of that which is separated from common use or contact either because it is proscribed as an abomination to God or because it is consecrated to Him (cf. Ar., ḥaruma, be forbidden, become sacred ; ḥaram, holy precinct ;… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
E — is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled e (pronEng|iː), plural es or ees (also written E s, E s, e s, etc.). [ E Merriam Webster s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993)]… … Wikipedia
HLL — Can have several meanings:* High level programming language * hll The Old Testament Hebrew lexicon hll may refer to the Original Word Transliterated Word hll) translating to allah, el leh, and also the Aramaic translated word as elleh. [cite… … Wikipedia
Minyan — This article is about the term in Judaism. For other meanings, see Minyan (disambiguation). Minyan Halakhic texts relating to this article: Torah: Leviticus 22:32 Mishnah: Megillah 4:3 … Wikipedia
