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1ABOMINATION — Three Hebrew words connote abomination: תּוֹעֵבָה (toʿevah), שֶׁקֶץ (shekeẓ, sheqeẓ) or שִׁקּוּץ (shikkuẓ, shiqquẓ), and פִּגּוּל (piggul); toʿevah is the most important of this group. It appears in the Bible 116 times as a noun and 23 times as a …
2Shlach — Shlach, Shelach, Sh lah, Shlach Lecha, or Sh’lah L’kha (שלח or שלח לך Hebrew for send” or “send to you,” ) is the 37th weekly Torah portion ( parshah ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the book of Numbers. It… …
3Kosher animals — are those which comply with the regulations for Kosher food in Jewish religion. These food regulations form the main aspect of kashrut , and ultimately derive from various passages in the Torah. Various modifications, additions, and… …
4Pinkel — Pịn|kel1 〈m. 5; umg.; abwertend; nur in den Wendungen〉 feiner Pinkel, vornehmer Pinkel 1. Geck, Stutzer 2. fein od. vornehm tuender Mensch [<jidd. piggul „Greuel, Abscheu“] Pịn|kel2 〈m. 5〉 Grützwurst (norddt. Spezialität) ● Grünkohl mit… …
5MENAḤOT — (Heb. מְנָחוֹת; meal offerings ), second tractate in the order Kodashim, in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Babylonian Talmud (there is no Jerusalem Talmud to this tractate). Menaḥot has 13 chapters and deals, as its name indicates, with the various… …
