The refrain alludes to several biblical verses, such as: "Yours, O Hashem, is the greatness.for all that is in heaven and on earth is Yours Yours, O Hashem, is the kingdom." (1Divre HaYamim 29:11). In the leap-year the festival of Purim is celebrated on the 14th and 15th of Adar Sheni, whereas the 14th and 15th of the first Adar are observed as Purim Katan (minor Purim).Īddir Bimlucha, an alphabetical acrostic poem of unidentified authorship, is mentioned by a disciple of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg in the thirteenth-century work Tashbatz. Adar 7th is anniversary of the birth and death of Moshe Adar 13th is the Fast of Ester ( Ta'anit Ester) Adar 14th and 15th, the Festival of Purim. This added month is known as Adar Sheni (second Adar). Consists of 29 days in an ordinary year and 30 days in a leap-year, when a month is inserted between Adar and Nisan. Twelfth month of the Jewish calendar, sixth month of the Hebrew Civil calendar. Behind all this is the ancient idea that the human body is written large in the cosmos, man being created literally in the image of G-d Spiritual entities, known on the analogy with physical illumination as 'lights', stream forth from various organs of Adam Kadmon's 'body' to produce the vessels into which further lights then flow so as to form the Sefirot. As the Infinite emerges from its utter concealment It produces the entity Adam Kadmon containing the Sefirot in potentia. This stage is conceived of in anthropomorphic terms as cosmic 'man'. Achashverosh first married Vashti and later took Ester to be his wife and next queenįirst human being created by G-d, and created " B'tzelem Elokim," "in the image of G-d." One of the meanings of this is that he has " bechirah chofshit", free will, and the ability to choose between what is tov, (good) and that which is ra, (evil).Ī term used in the Kabbalah to denote the stage of the divine unfolding which provides the link between Ein Sof and the Sefirot. Modern scholarship identifies him with Xerxes (486-465 B.C.E.). King of Persia who figured prominently in the Book of Ester. The dividing line is placed between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries C.E. "The prophecy that Yeshayahu son of Amotz saw, concerning Yehuda and Yerushalayim: It will happen in the end of days ( b'acharit ha-yamim )." "Then Ya'akov called for his sons and said, "Assemble yourselves and I will tell you what will befall you in the End of Days ( b'acharit ha-yamim )." "It will be in the end of days ( b'acharit ha-yamim ) that the mountain of the Temple of Hashem will be firmly established as the most prominent of the mountains, and it will be exalted up above the hills, and people will stream to it."ĭesignation for recent rabbinic authorities as distinguished from the Rishonim, early authorities. This term stems from Yeshayahu 2:1 Bereishit 49:1 and Micha 4:1: When the " olam hazeh" (present age) is coming to a close and the " olam habah" (world to come) is about to begin. For example, instead of nelech (we shall go) one may say nelchah (let's go)Īn affectionate way to say "father", hence "Dear father." Yisraeli children call their fathers " Abba"Ī Hebrew term for Jewish eschatology. daromah southward) Expressing (poetically) desire or appeal (equivalent to "let's" in English) in 1st person, plural, using the future tense of Hebrew verbs. Marking direction or destination in nouns (equivalent to "-ward" in English e.g. Marking 1st person, singular in the future tense of the Intensive (Pi'el) and Causative (Hif'il) stems in Hebrew verbs. In-depth Glossary of Transliterated & English Translation with their Meanings of the Hebrew LanguageĪ B D E F G H I K Ch L M N O P R S Sh T Tz U V Y Z
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