hebrew calendar
21Hebrew — I UK [ˈhiːbruː] / US [ˈhɪˌbru] noun Word forms Hebrew : singular Hebrew plural Hebrews 1) [uncountable] one of the official languages of Israel. It is a modern form of the older language that the Old Testament was written in. 2) [countable] a… …
22Hebrew — He|brew1 [ hi,bru ] noun 1. ) count a Jewish person in ancient times 2. ) uncount one of the official languages of Israel Hebrew He|brew 2 [ hi,bru ] adjective 1. ) relating to the Hebrew language 2. ) relating to the Jewish people or their… …
23Hebrew language — Hebrew redirects here. For other uses, see Hebrew (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Yiddish language. Hebrew עִבְרִית …
24CALENDAR — (Heb. לוּחַ, lu aḥ). The present Jewish calendar is lunisolar, the months being reckoned according to the moon and the years according to the sun. A month is the period of time between one conjunction of the moon with the sun and the next. The… …
25Hebrew Catholics — (in Hebrew עברים קתולים Ivrim Qatholim ) are Christians of Jewish derivation who are members of the Catholic Church and keep their Jewish traditions in light of the Gospel and the Church s Magisterium. Many reside in Israel but the greatest… …
26Calendar of 1997 — ▪ 1998 JANUARY JANUARY 1 Ghanaian Kofi Annan replaces Egyptian Boutros Boutros Ghali in the position of United Nations secretary general. Among those knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in the annual New Year s Day ceremony is pop musician …
27HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …
28Hebrew alphabet — Script used to write the Hebrew language and a number of other languages used as vernaculars by Jews, including Ladino and Yiddish. The modern 22 letter alphabet in use today differs only slightly from the script adapted by Jewish scribes in the… …
29HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM — The first university established in Israel. The establishment of an institute of higher learning in Ereẓ Israel was first proposed by hermann schapira in 1884 at the Kattowitz Conference of the Ḥovevei Zion, and again at the first Zionist… …
30CALENDAR — most traditional religions follow a LITURGICAL calendar. In ISLAM a lunar calendar is still used to set the dates and times for important feasts and fasting such as RAMADAM; in CHRISTIANITY the calendar is fixed. There are differences in usage …
