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  • 111ḤEVRAT HA-OVEDIM — ḤEVRAT HA OVEDIM, cooperative society of Jewish workers founded in 1923 at the second conference of the histadrut .   Its aim was to engage in settlement, industry, construction, and supply in both town and country on a basis of mutual aid and… …

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  • 112LABOR — In the Bible and Apocrypha The Bible regards labor as human destiny and an aspect of the order of heaven and earth and all therein. According to Genesis 2:5, a condition of the creation of plant life was the presence of a human being to cultivate …

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  • 113MIGDAL HA-EMEK — (Heb. מִגְדַּל הָעֵמֶק; Tower of the Valley ), town with municipal council status in Lower Galilee, 4 mi. (7 km.) S.W. of Nazareth, founded in 1952 with the aim of absorbing inhabitants of transitory immigrant camps in the vicinity. Real progress …

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  • 114SASKATCHEWAN — SASKATCHEWAN, province in W. Canada; part of Canada s Northwest Territories until incorporated as a province in 1905. Saskatchewan s first Jewish resident was Max Goldstein, a Russian born tailor who opened a store in Fort Qu Appelle in 1877.… …

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  • 115SLOVAKIA — (Slov. Slovensko; Ger. Slowakei; Hung. Szlovákia), Central European republic; 1918–1993, part of czechoslovakia ; formerly a part of hungary . Since Slovakia was part of Hungary for almost 1,000 years, the annals of the Jews of this region were… …

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  • 116labour economics — Study of how workers are allocated among jobs, how their rates of pay are determined, and how their efficiency is affected by various factors. The labour force of a country includes all those who work for gain in any capacity as well as those who …

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  • 117India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 118employ — v. 1) to employ gainfully 2) (D; tr.) to employ as (she was employed as a programmer) * * * [ɪm plɔɪ] to employ gainfully (D; tr.) to employ as (she was employed as a programmer) …

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  • 119WINE AND LIQUOR TRADE — Talmudic Period The strict prohibition against the use of gentile wine during the talmudic period, originally limited to wine used in idolatrous libations but later extended to include all non Jewish wine (Av. Zar. 2:3, and 36b), must of… …

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