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  • 11Abraham ibn Ezra — Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra (Hebrew: אברהם אבן עזרא or ראב ע, also known as Abenezra) (1092 or 1093–1167), was one of the most distinguished Jewish men of letters and writers of the Middle Ages. Ibn Ezra excelled in philosophy, astronomy/astrology …

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  • 12Tiferet — The Sefirot in Jewish Kabbalah …

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  • 13IBN EZRA, ABRAHAM BEN MEIR — (1089–1164), one of the most important Jewish Bible exegetes; also a poet, composer of piyyutim , grammarian, translator, philosopher, astronomer, and astrologer. Exceptionally erudite, he was among the last creative geniuses of the Spanish… …

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  • 14VALUES OF A JEWISH AND DEMOCRATIC STATE — In Israel, in 1992, two Basic Laws were passed: Basic Law: Human Dignity and Freedom, and Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation. These laws have constitutional status, and enumerate a series of rights protected by the Basic Laws (see human dignity and …

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  • 15Gamaliel (Qliphoth) — Gamaliel is the Qliphoth associated with the Sephirah Yesod on the kabbalistic Tree of Life. It translates as The Obscene Ones , and the demons associated with it are described as corrupting, loathesome bull men, linked together.The Qliphoth are… …

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  • 16COMMANDMENTS, REASONS FOR — (Heb. טַעֲמֵי הַמִּצְווֹת, Ta amei ha Mitzvot). The search for reasons for the commandments of the Torah springs from a tendency to transcend mere obedience to them by investing them with some intrinsic meaning. The Pentateuch itself offers… …

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  • 17Hod (Kabbalah) — Hod ( Majesty ; הוד) in the Kabbalah of Judaism is the eighth sephira of the Kabbalistic tree of life. It is derived from hod הוד in the Hebrew language meaning majesty or splendor and denoting praise as well as submission . Hod sits below… …

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  • 18Isaac Israeli ben Joseph — or Yitzhak ben Yosef (often known as Isaac Israeli the Younger) was a Spanish Jewish astronomer/astrologer who flourished at Toledo in the first half of the fourteenth century. He was a pupil of Asher ben Yehiel, at whose request (in 1310) he… …

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  • 19The Urth of the New Sun — infobox Book | name = The Urth of the New Sun title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) author = Gene Wolfe illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science… …

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  • 20Argenteum Astrum — Astrum Argenteum, auch bekannt unter den Namen Argenteum Astrum, Argentinum Astrum (Latein für „silberner Stern“), Astron Argon (griechisch für „scheinender Stern“) oder einfach A∴A∴, war bzw. ist ein magischer Orden, der zwischen 1904 und 1907… …

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