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    Looking at the Hebrew Bible, the Psalms fall into the Ketuvim, or “Writings.” The Hebrew Bible has Psalms listed as tehillâ; “a derivative of hālal. This root connotes being sincerely and deeply thankful for and/or satisfied in the lauding a superior quality(ies) or great, great act(s) of an object.” The book of Psalms renders itself to speak into every situation a person could have; in times of sadness, happiness, when looking for some wisdom, or just feeling thankful for who he is and all he has

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    and beliefs. The Ashkenazim settled mainly in Germany and spoke Yiddish while the Sephardim settled mainly in Spain and spoke their own distinct language, a combination of Hebrew and Spanish, known as Latino. Ladino is written using Hebrew letters and is still spoken among the Sephardi community today. Both groups spoke Hebrew although slightly differently. The Sephardic Jews are sometimes split into two

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    believe that the Daniel 7 linkage to Jesus’ use of Son of Man will justify an apocalyptic inclusion, these facts do not disbar Jesus’ present or future activities. Aramaic, Hebrew or Greek? The case of whether or not Hebrew or Aramaic was used by Jesus in the utterance of Son of Man is difficult to ascertain, since Hebrew was used simultaneously in worship while Aramaic was used in other daily living areas. Aramaic is considered to be the common language evidenced by the findings of documents

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    The German Schools

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    Continuing on the thought of education, April 1933 Jewish teachers were soon told to leave the German schools and universities after the Enabling Act was soon passed. The Jewish population of students at those universities dropped to the lowest 1 percent to resemble to the amount of Jews in Germany, and this was all in the same year. For 5 years everything lasted at that standard until 1938 hit. When 1938 hit, every Jewish child was soon banned from attending the German schools officially, no matter

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    How I Changed My Life

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    was beginning to learn some Hebrew words. I attended a Jewish pre school. By the time I was five I was placed in a private Jewish day school that runs from kindergarten to the 5th grade. When I was a child we religiously went to temple every Friday night. My family was always reformed Jews. The private school I was in, a little less then half the day was spent learning Hebrew and praying. My school was a couple of hours longer then public schools, because of learning Hebrew. The very start of the day

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    The Torah tells the story of the foundation of Judaism and how it was built. The second section of the Hebrew bible, Nevi’im also known as the Prophets is considered to have been written by people blessed with the spirit of prophecy. It contains a record of most of the important history in the years after Moses. The third portion of the Hebrew bible, Ketuvim also known as the Writings, is made up of various kinds of writings. The books in the Writings are considered to be

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    A Stranger Among Us

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    A Stranger Among Us A Stranger Among Us is a movie that displays many aspects of ethnicity, and how many different groups of people interact and adapt to each other’s difference. There is a murder and a detective named Emily Eden has to place herself into a Jewish community to help solve this murder. In the film there is several groups displayed and many different perspectives, along with an ethnic neighborhood and lots of learning about the Hasidic culture, and Detective Eden made some crucial

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    Beyond the River Chebar Young Hoon (John) Kim This book, Beyond the River Chebar, is a collection of articles that talks about the kingship and eschatology in Ezekiel. Block wants to show the proper interpretation of the book of Ezekiel by providing different views on the interpretation of certain passages and different theological views. Moreover, Block provides history and other aspects for the better understanding of the book of Ezekiel. Daniel Block starts by introducing Zion theology. Zion theology

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    grand scheme of the religion.      The first incline of Ezra and Nehemiah appear in the Hebrew bible. According to the Hebrew bible, Ezra the scribe arrived in Jerusalem in the _____ year of emperor ab____ the first reign. He came into Jerusalem and retaught the public, in the way of the Hebrew bible and re-educated them. He also, condemned mixed marriage and had the practice banned. Ezra according to the Hebrew bible was also very instrumental in getting the first temple built and was one of the main

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    spent six months volunteering in Moscow as a Hebrew teacher and dorm counselor. I went for practical, hands-on experience and for an opportunity to give back to the Jewish community. The charity school where I worked had both dorm and orphanage students from all over Russia, the dorm students came from troubled or broken homes, while orphans were bussed in daily from the orphanage. Having just finished three years in rabbinical school I was fluent in Hebrew, and with my Russian heritage, and my training

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