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Asher Lev Vocabulary

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Chumash   show
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Gentiles (Part One)   show
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Gentiles (Part Two)   show
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show The aspect of Judaism that is concerned with Jewish law as a whole. Judaism is not content only with providing broad religious,social,and ethical principles, but expects its adherents to embody the principles through one's daily actions.  
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show A festival celebrating the victory of the Maccabees over the forces of Antiochus after a three-year battle in the second century BCE. Lasting eight days,it is a celebration of lights demonstrated in the lighting of the Menorah,an a eight candle candelabra  
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show and additions to the liturgy  
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Hasidism (Part One)   show
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Hasidism (Part Two)   show
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show The mystical system developed in the 11th and 12th centuries and later reinterpreted by Isaac Luria in the 16th century. In the Kabbalah, the medieval Jewish philosophers discuss at length the question of the divine attributes, such as what meaning can be  
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Kabbalah (Part Two)   show
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Kosher (Part One)   show
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Kosher (Part Two)   show
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show The Jewish declaration of faith from Deuteronomy, that God is one. deuteronomy states that this recitation of the central proclamation should be spoken of when lying down and when rising up. It is a custom to teach children to say the first verse of the  
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Krias Shema (Part Two)   show
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Pesach (Part One)   show
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Pesach (Part Two)   show
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Rabbi   show
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Rebbe (Part One)   show
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Rebbe (Part Two)   show
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Ribbono Shel Olom   show
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Seder (Part One)   show
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Seder (Part Two)   show
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show The powers or potencies of the Godhead as taught by the Kabbalah. Ein Sof-the infinite aspect of the Godhead that is completely concealed and beyond human comprehension-produces by a process of emanation the ten powers (sefiroot) through which the Godhead  
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Sefirot (Part Two)   show
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show The Sabbath,the central holy day celebrating the connection between God and the people. Celebrated every week,it begins Friday at sunset and lasts until nightfall on Saturday. Aspects of the Sabbath include refraining from work and seeking rest. The  
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show Sabbath is a day when all human effort comes to a standstill in orderer for people to give their attention solely to God.  
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Sidecurls (Part One)   show
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show given rise to the practice strictly observant Jews not to shave their beards or side locks,the length of which is to reach the lobes of the ears  
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Simchas Torah (Part One)   show
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show are taken from the Ark of the Covenant and carried in procession 7 times around the synagogue, accompanied by singing and dancing and general merriment.  
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Talmud (Part One)   show
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show Babylonian Talmud.  
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Torah (Part One)   show
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Torah (Part Two)   show
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Wig   show
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show A school for studying Torah primarily, but may include other subjects such as math and history when the Yeshiva is the primary school for the community.  
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Yiddish   show
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Yom Kippur (Part One)   show
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Yom Kippur (Part Two)   show
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Zemiros   show
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