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81TADMOR — (Heb. תַּדְמֹר; Palmyra), an oasis city at the point of intersection of the caravan roads in the central Syrian desert and the steppe land between Lebanon and Jabel Bishri, halfway between the Euphrates and the Orontes River in the Mediterranean… …
82KIPPER — (Heb. כִּפֵּר). Etymology The customary rendering of kipper is to atone for, or expiate but in most cases this is, at best, imprecise. In poetry its parallel synonym is maḥah ( to wipe away ; Jer. 18:23), or hesir ( to remove ; Isa. 27:9, cf. the …
83LEVI — (Heb. לֵוִי), third son of Jacob and Leah, born in Paddan Aram (Gen. 29:34); father of the tribe named after him. The name Levi is explained in the Pentateuch by Leah s words at his birth: Now this time my husband will become attached to me (Heb …
84Documentary hypothesis — JEPD redirects here. JEPD may also refer to Jointly Exhaustive, Pairwise Disjoint. Diagram of the Documentary Hypothesis. * includes most of Leviticus † includes most of Deuteronomy …
85Mishpatim — (מִּשְׁפָּטִים Hebrew for “laws,” the second word of the parshah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 21:1–24:18. Jews in the… …
86Syncretism — For the linguistic term, see syncretism (linguistics). Syncretism (English pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋkrətɪzəm/) is the combining of different beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. The term means combining , but see below …
87idolatry — /uy dol euh tree/, n., pl. idolatries. 1. the religious worship of idols. 2. excessive or blind adoration, reverence, devotion, etc. [1200 50; ME idolatrie < ML idolatria, by haplology from LL idololatria Gk (NT) eidololatreía. See IDOL LATRY]… …
88Eikev — Eikev, Ekev, Ekeb, or Eqeb (עקב Hebrew for “if [you follow] ,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parsha) is the 46th weekly Torah portion ( parsha ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the book of… …
89Levite — In the Jewish tradition, a Levite (). Kohath s son Amram was the father of Miriam, Aaron and Moses. The descendants of Aaron: the Kohanim ( Priests ), had the special role as priests in the Tabernacle in the wilderness and also in the Temple in… …
90Ash Wednesday — For other uses, see Ash Wednesday (disambiguation). Ash Wednesday A cross of ashes on a worshipper s forehead on Ash Wednesday Observed by Followers of many Christian denominations, primarily Western Christian (see below) …
