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111ROSH HA-SHANAH — (Heb. רֹאשׁ הָשָּׁנָה), the Jewish New Year, the autumn festival celebrated on the first and second days of Tishri. In the Bible The name Rosh Ha Shanah as it is used in the Bible (Ezek. 40:1) simply means the beginning of the year, and does not… …
112Aaron's Rod (novel) — Aaron s Rod is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, started in 1917 and published in 1922.The protagonist of this picaresque novel, Aaron Sisson, is a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands, trapped in a stale marriage. He is also an… …
113Dinah in rabbinic literature — Dinah in rabbinic literature.Conception and BirthDinah was the daughter of Jacob and Leah. According to Genesis, Dinah was Jacob s eleventh child; by the time she was conceived, Leah had given birth to six sons, Bilhah and Zilpah had each had two …
114Levite — /lee vuyt/, n. 1. a member of the tribe of Levi. 2. a descendant of Levi, esp. one appointed to assist the priests in the temple or tabernacle. [1250 1300; ME < LL Levita < Gk Leuítes Levite, equiv. to Leuí ( < Heb Levi Levi, Levite) + tes… …
115Lucas van Leyden — /looh kahs vahn luyd n/, (Lucas Hugensz) 1494 1533, Dutch painter and engraver. * * * ▪ Dutch artist also called Lucas Huyghensz(oon) born 1489/94, Leiden [Netherlands] died before August 8, 1533, Leiden northern Renaissance painter and one of …
116red heifer — ▪ Judaism Hebrew Para Adumma, in Jewish history, unblemished, never before yoked animal that was slaughtered and burned to restore ritual purity to those who had become unclean through contact with the dead (Numbers 19). Certain spoils… …
117Bethel — House of God. 1) A place in Central Palestine, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Gen. 28:19). The name Bethel was at first apparently given to… …
118Thiruppavai — The Tiruppavai is a collection of thirty stanzas ( pasuram ) in Tamil written by a Brahmin girl, Andal, in praise of the God Tirumal or Vishnu. It is part of Divya Prabandha, a work of the twelve Alvars, and is important in Tamil literature.… …
119Exodus, book of — The second book of the Pentateuch. It takes its title from the Greek LXX and means ‘departure’; it is divided by scholars, like other parts of the Pentateuch, into the sources J, E, and P, with the greatest parts in this book being assigned to J… …
120Aaron — The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex. 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, illuminator. He was born in Egypt three years before his brother Moses, and a number of years after …
