hoshana rabba

  • 1HOSHANA RABBA — (Heb. הוֹשַׁעְנָא רַבָּא; the great hoshana ), a name for the seventh and last day of the sukkot festival . In Temple times, the day was distinguished by the fact that seven circuits (hakkafot ) were made around the altar with the lulav (instead… …

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  • 2hoshana rabba — noun see hoshana rabbah …

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  • 3Hoshana Rabbah — Seph. Heb. /haw shah nah rddah bah /; Ashk. Heb. /hoh shah naw rddah baw/ the seventh day of the Jewish festival of Sukkoth, occurring on the twenty first day of Tishri and having a special liturgy containing a series of invocations to God for… …

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  • 4Hoshanna Rabba — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hosanna (homonymie). Hoshanna Rabba Des branches de saule Nom officiel …

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  • 5SUKKOT — (Heb. סֻכּוֹת; booths or tabernacles ), the festival, beginning on the 15th day of Tishre, which commemorates the sukkot in which the Children of Israel dwelt in the wilderness after the Exodus. The festival lasts for seven days, of which the… …

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  • 6PSALMS, BOOK OF — This article is arranged according to the following outline: < <title> > place in the canon number of psalms verse division division into books composition of the psalter date of the psalter ascription to david types of psalms psalms… …

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  • 7Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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  • 8Jewish religious year — Introduction       the cycle of Sabbaths and holidays that are commonly observed by the Jewish religious community and officially in Israel by the Jewish secular community as well. The Sabbath and festivals (feast) are bound to the Jewish… …

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  • 9HOSHANOT — (Heb. הוֹשַׁעְנוֹת), poetical prayers, thus named because of the recurrent expression Hoshana (or Hoshi aNa, Save, I Pray! ). Hoshanot are recited on every day of sukkot , usually after the Shaḥarit or Musaf prayers. Each day while they are said… …

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  • 10CANTATAS AND CHORAL WORKS, HEBREW — The term cantata is used here to designate an accompanied vocal composition in several movements for one or more soloists, with or without choral sections. Contemporary names for works in this form can vary: dialogo, for example, or oratorio.… …

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