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Gehazi, Geichazi, or Giezi ( Douay-Rheims) ( Hebrew: גֵּיחֲזִי ; Gēḥăzī; "valley of vision"), is a figure found in the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible . A servant of the prophet Elisha, Gehazi enjoyed a position of power but was ultimately corrupt, misusing his authority to cheat Naaman the Syrian, a general afflicted with ...
Emishi. The Emishi ( 蝦夷) (also called Ebisu and Ezo ), written with Kanji that literally mean " shrimp barbarians ," constituted an ancient ethnic group of people who lived in parts of Honshū, especially in the Tōhoku region, referred to as michi no oku (道の奥, roughly "deepest part of the road") in contemporary sources.
Tehillat Hashem. Tehillat Hashem ( תְּהִלַּת ה' , "praise of God " in Hebrew) is the name of a prayer-book (known as a siddur in Hebrew) used for Jewish services in synagogues and privately by Hasidic Jews, specifically in the Chabad-Lubavitch community. The name of the siddur is taken from Psalm 145, verse 21, "Praise of God shall ...
Epistle to Yemen. The Epistle to Yemen or Yemen Letter ( Arabic: الرسالة اليمنية, translated as Hebrew: אגרת תימן, romanized : Iggeret Teiman) was an important communication written by Maimonides and sent to the Yemenite Jews. The epistle was written in 1173/4. [1] The letter was written in Arabic. [2]
The Instructions of Shuruppak (or, Instructions of Šuruppak [1] son of Ubara-tutu) are a significant example of Sumerian wisdom literature. [2] Wisdom literature, intended to teach proper piety, inculcate virtue, and preserve community standards, was common throughout the ancient Near East. [3] Its incipit sets the text in great antiquity by ...
Pentateuch with Rashi's Commentary Translated into English. Title page of the Leviticus volume. The Pentateuch with Rashi's Commentary Translated into English, was first published in London from 1929 to 1934 and is a scholarly English language translation of the full text of the Written Torah and Rashi 's commentary on it.
We answer to a higher authority. We answer to a higher authority is a slogan used by Hebrew National, now a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods, for its brand of kosher-certified hot dogs and processed meats, which portrays the products as being of a higher quality than other, similar products. A 1997 article in The New York Times called the campaign ...
Dars-i Nizami. Dars-i Nizami ( Urdu: درس نظامی) is a study curriculum or system used in many Islamic institutions ( madrassas) and Darul Ulooms, which originated in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century and can now also be found in parts of South Africa, Canada, the United States, the Caribbean and the UK. [1]