(balaam)
91Hai Gaon — and in early life acted as his assistant in teaching. [Schechter, Saadyana, p. 118.] In his forty fourth year he became associated with his father as ab bet din , and with him delivered many joint decisions.Appointment as GaonAs a consequence of… …
92Biblical archaeology — Part of a series on The Bible …
93Ma Tovu — (Hebrew for O How Good or How Goodly ) is a prayer in Judaism, expressing reverence and awe for synagogues and other places of worship. The prayer begins with Numbers 24:5, where Balaam, sent to curse the Israelites, is instead overcome with awe… …
94Angel of the Lord — Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Gustave Doré, 1855, Granger Collection, New York. The Angel of the Lord (or the Angel of God) is one of many terms in the Hebrew Bible (also: Old Testament) used for an angel. The Biblical name for angel, מלאך… …
95Shemot (parsha) — Shemot, Shemoth, or Shemos (שמות Hebrew for “names,” the second word, and first distinctive word, of the parsha) is the thirteenth weekly Torah portion ( parsha ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the book of Exodus. It …
96Northwest Semitic languages — Northwest Semitic Levantine Geographic distribution: concentrated in the Middle East Linguistic classification: Afro Asiatic Semitic Cent …
97Matot — Matot, Mattot, Mattoth, or Matos (מַּטּוֹת Hebrew for “tribes,” the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 42nd weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the book of… …
98Samuel ben Hofni — (d. 1034) was the last gaon of Sura. His father was a Talmudic scholar and chief judge ( ab bet din, probably of Fez), one of whose responsa are extant (see Zunz, Ritus, p. 191; Steinschneider, Hebr. Bibl. xx. 132), and on whose death Samuel… …
99The Virginian (1914 film) — Infobox Film name = The Virginian image size = caption = director = Cecil B. DeMille producer = writer = Owen Wister (novel) narrator = starring = Dustin Farnum music = cinematography = Alvin Wyckoff editing = Cecil B. DeMille Mamie Wagner… …
100Jethro in rabbinic literature — Jethro in rabbinic literature.His namesThe different names of Jethro puzzled the Talmudists: some thought that his real name was Hobab, and that Reuel was his father (see Hobab); others thought that his name was Reuel, interpreting it the friend… …
