megillah
21Minyan — This article is about the term in Judaism. For other meanings, see Minyan (disambiguation). Minyan Halakhic texts relating to this article: Torah: Leviticus 22:32 Mishnah: Megillah 4:3 …
22Itzik Manger — (May 30 1901 February 21 1969) ( yi. איציק מאַנגער) was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and ‘master tailor’ of the written word.Early lifeManger was born in Czernowitz, Austria Hungary (later… …
23PURIM — (Heb. פּוּרִים), the feast instituted, according to the Book of esther (9:20–28), by mordecai to celebrate the deliverance of the Jews from haman s plot to kill them. Purim (Akk. pūrū, lots ) is so called (Esth. 9:26) after the lots cast by Haman …
24SCROLL OF ESTHER — (Heb. מְגִלַּת אֶסְתֵּר, Megillat Ester), the festal scroll of purim , the only one of the Five Scrolls to bear the title megillah as part of its traditional name (see scrolls , the Five). The Scroll of Esther tells the story of the salvation of… …
25Chukat — Chukat, Hukath, or Chukkas (Hebrew: חֻקַּת, “decree,” the ninth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 39th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Numbers. It …
26MEGILLAT TA'ANIT — (Heb. lit. scroll of fasting but see below), a list of 36 days on which there were significant victories and happy events in the history of the Jews during the Second Temple, as a result of which the rabbis forbade fasting on them, as well as, in …
27Moed — (Hebrew: מועד) ( Festivals ) is the second Order of the Mishnah, the first written recording of the Oral Torah of the Jewish people (also the Tosefta and Talmud). Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest. The order of Moed… …
28Five Megillot — Books of the Ketuvim (Hebrew Bible) Three poetic books Psalms Proverbs Job …
29Noach (parsha) — This article is about the Torah portion Noach. For the Biblical figure, see Noah. Noach or Noah (נֹחַ Hebrew for the name Noah, the third word, and first distinctive word, of the parshah) is the second weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual …
30Vayishlach — or Vayishlah (וישלח Hebrew for “and he sent,” the first word of the parshah) is the eighth weekly Torah portion ( parshah ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis [http://www.mechon mamre.org/p/pt/pt0132.htm#4 32:4–36 …
