levirate marriage
101COMMANDMENTS, THE 613 — (Heb. תַּרְיַ״ג מִצְווֹת, taryag mitzvot). The total number of biblical commandments (precepts and prohibitions) is given in rabbinic tradition as 613. R. Simlai, a Palestinian teacher, states: 613 commandments were revealed to Moses at Sinai,… …
102CONTRACT — (Heb. חוֹזֶה, ḥozeh), in general law theory a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, in terms of which one party undertakes for the benefit of the other to perform or refrain from a certain act. As such, contract is the main… …
103JUDAH — (Heb. יְהוּדָה), fourth son of Jacob and Leah. The biblical explanation of the name Judah connects it with thanksgiving and praise (Heb. אוֹדֶה, oʾdeh; Gen. 29:35). However, if one compares the names Judith (Gen. 26:34) and Jahdai (I Chron. 2:47) …
104LEATHER INDUSTRY AND TRADE — Biblical and Talmudic Times The one Hebrew word רֹוע (or) covers skin, hide, and leather, so that it is difficult to establish whether references in the Bible are to skin or leather. The Bible frequently refers to garments made from skin (e.g.,… …
105ONANISM — ONANISM, term derived from the biblical narrative of Onan, son of Judah (Gen. 38, 7–10), who spilled his seed on the ground. Onanism refers to the thwarting of the sexual process in one of several ways. In Hebrew, it is called more fully ma aseh… …
106SLONIK (Solnik), BENJAMIN AARON BEN ABRAHAM — (c. 1550–c. 1619), Polish rabbi. Slonik was probably born in Grodno. He studied there in his youth under Nathan Nata Spiro. He was rabbi in Silesia (Joseph Katz, She erit Yosef (Cracow, 1590), no. 47) and Podhajce (Meir of Lublin, Responsa, no.… …
107Leviration — Lev i*ra tion (l[e^]v [i^]*r[=a] sh[u^]n), n. Levirate marriage or marriages. Kitto. [1913 Webster] …
108Alexander Jannaeus — (also known as Alexander Jannai/Yannai), king of Judea from (103 BCE to 76 BCE), son of John Hyrcanus, inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus, and appears to have married his brother s widow, Shlomtzion or Shelomit , also known as… …
109Sextus Julius Africanus — Sextus Julius Africanus, was a Christian traveller and historian of the early 3rd century AD. He was possibly born in Libya, though he calls himself a native of Jerusalem, which some scholars take as his hometown. [… …
110Ethics in the Bible — Ethics is the branch of philosophy which examines the question of what actions are morally right or wrong and why. The Bible contains numerous prescriptions or laws and many narrative accounts of ethical relevance.Ethics in the Hebrew… …
