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Jewish Divorce
According to the Torah every effort must be made to preserve the sacred relationship of marriage: making peace between a husband and wife is considered
Jewish Marriage
In traditional Jewish literature marriage is actually called ‘kiddushin’, which translates as ‘sanctification’ or ‘dedication’. The word ‘sanctification’ indicates that what is happening is not
Pidyon haBen (Redemption of a First-Born Son)
Pidyon Haben is translated into English as the ‘Redemption of the Firstborn’. In the Book of Numbers 18:15-16 we read: “The first issue of the
Brit Milah (Circumcision)
Throughout the generations, at the age of eight days, every male child must be circumcised. The Jewish ceremony of circumcision is known as a brit
Naming A Jewish Child
Naming a child is a chance to bestow an identity upon him or her since every name has a meaning. There are two different customs
Overview of Jewish Life Cycle Events
Just as the year is punctuated with designated holy days, fasts and feasts, so within Judaism our lives also contain special religious events and rituals
Jewish Lifecycle
Welcome to the Jewish Life Cycle section of our website which contains the pages listed below in the table of contents. To view a page,
New 'Jewish' Words
A humorous collection of new ‘Jewish’ words JEWBILATION n. Pride in finding out that one’s favorite celebrity is Jewish. TORAHFIED n. Inability to remember one’s
Aramaic (Links)
Jewish Language Research Center: Jewish Aramaic About.com: What is Aramaic? My Jewish Learning: Jewish Aramaic Learn to Write in Aramaic Script https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHePoR0mRTY The short video
Jewish Writings in Arabic
Arabic, like Hebrew, is a Semitic language, with the two having many words in common. Up to 180 million people speak Arabic as their mother
Yiddish
Yiddish is essentially a Germanic language written in Hebrew characters. Over time it acquired words and grammatical patterns from other tongues (these now form
Ladino
What Yiddish was to Ashkenazi Jews, Ladino was to the Jews of medieval Spain and their descendants, the true Sephardim. Also known as Judesco, Judaeo-Spanish,
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