megillah
71Purim — • Jewish feast that commemorates the deliverance of the Jews from Haman Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Purim Purim † …
72Targum — • The distinctive designation of the Aramaic translations or paraphrases of the Old Testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Targum Targum …
73Itamar attack — Not to be confused with Itamar attack (2002). Coordinates: 32°10′20.57″N 35°18′29.62″E / 32.1723806°N 35.3082278°E / 32.1723806; 35.3082278 …
74Yiddish words used by English-speaking Jews — Yiddish words may be used in a primarily English language context. An English sentence that uses these words sometimes is said to be in Yinglish, however the primary meaning of Yinglish is an anglicism used in Yiddish. This secondary sense of the …
75me|gil|lah — «muh GIHL uh», noun. Slang. a long story or account: »I talked the whole megillah over with Cassius and he reckons you d be a better draw (Punch). ╂[< Hebrew megīllah scroll (especially the scroll of the Book of Esther, which is unrolled and… …
76AMORAIM — (Aram. אָמוֹרָאִים), designation of the scholars in the Land of Israel and Babylonia who succeeded the tannaim and preceded (in Babylonia) the savoraim and geonim. (See Table: Heads of Academies.) The composition of the Mishnah by R. Judah ha… …
77BATLANIM — (Heb. בַּטְלָנִים; men of leisure ), originally an honorable title conferred on those who either wholly or partly abstained from work to free themselves for community service. In ancient as well as medieval times there existed the institution of… …
78BOOKS — Production and Treatment The history of Hebrew bookmaking is as old as the history of the Jewish people and goes back for more than 3,000 years. It may be divided into three periods: from earliest times to the final editing of the Talmud (sixth… …
79CHMIELNICKI (Khmelnitski), BOGDAN° — (1595–1657), leader of the Cossack and peasant uprising against Polish rule in the Ukraine in 1648 which resulted in the destruction of hundreds of Jewish communities; later hetman of autonomous Ukraine and initiator of its unification with… …
80GROSSBERG, MENASSEH — (c. 1860–1927), rabbinical scholar. Born in Trestina, Russia, Grossberg led a wandering life, copying and publishing Hebrew manuscripts from libraries in Berlin, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Munich, and other cities. In the first decade of the 20th… …
