Hebrew

The Star of David (✡), known in Hebrew as the Shield of David or Magen David (Hebrew מָגֵן דָּוִד; Biblical Hebrew Māḡēn Dāwīḏ [maːˈɣeːn daːˈwiːð], Tiberian [mɔˈɣen dɔˈvið], Modern Hebrew [maˈɡen daˈvid], Ashkenazi Hebrew and Yiddish Mogein Dovid [ˈmɔɡeɪn ˈdɔvid] or Mogen Dovid), is a generally recognized symbol of modern Jewish identity and Judaism.[1] Its shape is that of a hexagram, the compound of two equilateral triangles. Unlike the menorah, the Lion of Judah, the shofar and the lulav, the

through her uncle Mordecai’s instructions. The king decided to order the slaughter of the Hebrew people in response to the claims Haman made about the Jewish people. Upon finding out about the law Mordecai instantly goes into a state of mourning and tells Esther. Once Esher found out she prepared a meal for the king and Haman and let the king know in the second dinner that she informs the king that she is a Hebrew and the king grants Esther permission to eliminate the law. Judith’s story however is

I learned a lot about Judaism and the synagogue. From outside I felt like the synagogue looked like a normal church but when I went inside I didn't think that anymore. Inside the synagogue there was a school for young kids and on the other side there was the room where services are held. When entering the room for services I notice there is a wall that separates half of the church and the rabbi stands directly in the center of the wall during services. Behind the rabbi was beautiful stained glass

homeland. This exile also resulted in the loss of the Jewish holy relics; after the Siege of Jerusalem, the Ark of the Covenant was never seen again. The Hebrew people would not be allowed back into Jerusalem until the end of the century when the Persian Achaemenid Empire conquered the region and permitted them to leave Babylon. From that point, the Hebrews of Jerusalem existed as subjects of various empires, from the Persians to the Greeks to the Romans. Throughout this time, they maintained the dream

political, cultural, and social movements are Moses and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Both men have left lasting imprints on history. In Exodus and continued in Deuteronomy, through the leadership of Moses and his counsel of God, Moses frees the persecuted Hebrews from their enslavement to the Egyptians, and delivers them to the Promised Land. Similarly, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. successfully leads the Civil Rights movement to free the subjugated African Americans of racial inequality, and deliver them to

The Mesopotamian societies, ancient Egypt, and the Hebrews are located in West Asia and North Africa. Although these three societies were geographically close, they each had a different belief about the divine. These geographical features of these societies played a big role in their religious and political beliefs. The Mesopotamian societies had a polytheistic view, which means the belief in more than one god. This society illustrated a negative view on after life, but had good social mobility was

The Book of Exodus, known in Hebrew as Sefer Shemot (“Book of Names”), is the second book of the Torah (Pentateuch) and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Exodus recounts the events of the Egyptian enslavement of the Israelites, their subsequent liberation by their god, Yahweh, and the Deliverer, Moses, and their journey to the Promised Land. To facilitate the comprehension of Exodus—or to make hundreds of millions of dollars—film studios have produced many film adaptations of Exodus—two in

of its central scriptures is the Hebrew Bible. The first part of the Hebrew Bible is the Torah, and it is the teachings, laws, moral, and rituals revealed by God to his chosen people (Professor Brummitt, PAR 125, Lecture # 7). One of the main focuses of this Great Book Ethnography was to observe how the Torah scripture was used during the Shabbat service and how the Rabbi and members of the Temple of Israel in Wilmington, NC practiced rituals

you walked up to the entrance doors, there was Hebrew writings/symbols written above the synagogue. Outside the sanctuary there was a basket full of yarmulkes that boys could wear if they wanted to. Inside there was a sanctuary that had an aisle down the middle of it, with pews on each side. In the front of the sanctuary there was two curved stained glass walls, but there was no art in them. Above the front of the sanctuary there was wallpaper with Hebrew scripture written across. Along the side of

Judaism became the building block for the two religions to come that would build off of its beliefs and teachings. In today’s world, Jews still revere the beliefs and practices of the ancient Hebrews. Like their ancestors, they also consider Israel, particularly the holy city of Jerusalem, to be sacred (Blackadar 6). When Zionism took off in the later part of the nineteenth century, historic religious ties drew the long-displaced Jews to yearn