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1. A Jewish scholar or teacher who studies or teaches Jewish law.
2. A person appointed as a Jewish religious leader. |
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| The promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew bible. |
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| A day of religious observation and abstinence from work. |
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| The building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction. |
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| A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups. |
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| Freedom from limits on thought or behavior. |
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| Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination. |
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| An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. |
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| Jewish religious practices, customs, and culture as way of life. |
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| The most solemn religious of the Jewish year. |
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| Hostility to or prejudice against Jews. |
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| An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group. |
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| The glory of the divine presence, conventionally represented as light or interpreted symbolically. |
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| A lesser Jewish festival, lasting 8 days from the 25th of Kislev and commemorating of the rededication of the Temple in 165 bc by the Maccabees after it's desecration by the Syrians. |
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| An ancient Jewish prayer sequence regularly recited in the synagogue service, including thanksgiving and praise and concluding with a prayer for universal peace. |
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| The collection of Jewish law and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara and being either the edition produced in Palestine a.d. c400 or the larger, more important one produced in Babylonia a.d. c500 |
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| Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. |
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| A ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution. |
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| Hebrew; a belt or cord worn around the waist made from fine leather. |
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