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Teimanim Jews
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Temanim or Yemenite Jews are those Jews and their ancestors who lived in Yemen on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Nearly the entire Jewish population emigrated from Yemen between June 1949 and September 1950 during Operation Magic Carpet. Most of these émigrés now live in Israel whil...
Mizrachi Jews
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Mizrachi Jews – or Mizrachim – are Jews descended from Jewish communities of the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. This group of Jews is also referred to as the Edot HaMizrach which means “Communities of the East”. The term “mizrachi” is used in modern-day Israel in the language of pol...
Third Beit HaMikdash
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Since the destruction of the Second Beit HaMikdash by the Romans in 70 CE, Jews have prayed that Hashem will hasten the building of the Third Beit HaMikdash on the Har Habayit. This prayer is part of the three daily prayers of the Jewish people.1 This Beit HaMikdash will be the fourth Beit HaMikd...
Second Beit HaMikdash
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The Second Beit HaMikdash was a reconstruction of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem which stood from 516 BCE through 70 CE. As described in the Book of Ezra, the rebuilding of Solomon’s Temple was authorized by Cyrus the Great of Persia. Construction of the Second Beit HaMikdash began in 535 BCE when...
First Beit HaMikdash
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The Beit HaMikdash (literally The Holy House) refers to the Holy Temple built in Jerusalem on the Har HaBayit (Temple Mount). / According to II Samuel 7, David desired to build a Temple for Hashem but was not permitted to do so. Later in the chapter, Hashem declares that it will be Solomon who wi...
Tikkun Olam
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Tikkun olam is a Hebrew phrase that means, "repairing the world" or "perfecting the world." In Judaism, the concept of tikkun olam originated in the early rabbinic period. The concept was given new meanings in the kabbalah of the medieval period and further connotations in modern Judaism.
Original Sin
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The term “original sin” is unknown in the Tanach and is antithetical to the core principles of the Torah and the prophets. The Tanach states that humanity was created in the image of Hashem. / The Torah, over and over again, dismisses the notion that man has lost his divinely endowed capacity to ...
Prophecy
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A prophet (נְבִיא - Navi) is a spokesman for Hashem, a person chosen by Hashem to speak to people on Hashem 's behalf and convey a message or teaching.1 The meaning of navi is perhaps described in Sefer Devarim (Deuteronomy) 18:18, where Hashem said, "I will put my words in his mouth and he will ...
Different Aspects of Hashem
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Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. If Judaism has one dogma this is it. The Jews have given a gift to the world with this simple yet profound statement. The early Hebrews believed, as did the pagans of the early world, in multiple gods and the worship of these many pagan gods. Th...
Names of Hashem
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In Judaism, the name of G-d is more than a distinguishing title. It represents the Jewish conception of the divine nature, and of the relation of G-d to the Jewish people.1 To show the sacredness of the names of G-d, and as a means of showing respect and reverence for them, the soferim (scribes) ...
Samaritans
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The Samaritans (שומרונים Shomronim, in Hebrew) are a small tribe of people who live near Shechem (Nablus) who call themselves Bnei Yisrael. Religiously, they are the adherents to Samaritanism, a parallel but separate religion to Judaism. Based on the Samaritan Torah, Samaritans claim their worshi...
Essenes
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The Essenes were a Jewish religious group that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE that some scholars claim seceded from the Tzadokite priests. Being much fewer in number than the Pharisees and the Sadducees (the other two major sects at the time) the Essenes lived in variou...
Pharisees
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The Pharisees (Perushim – ―separated ones‖ – in Hebrew) was a movement of Jews during the time of the Second Beit Hamikdash (Holy Beit Hamikdash) who were in opposition to the Sadducees and Hellenists. After the destruction in 70 CE of the Second Beit Hamikdash, the Pharisees were re-established ...
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