Author: <span class="vcard">Yakira</span>

Author: Yakira

Hebrew Bible
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Torah 101: The Five Books Explained

What Is the Torah? The Torah (תּוֹרָה), meaning “teaching” or “instruction,” refers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. These sacred texts, also

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Jewish History
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The Importance of Prayer

From ancient Israel to modern synagogues across the globe, tefillah, Jewish prayer, has been the heartbeat of our spiritual expression. It is how we speak

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Jewish History
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Yiddish: A Brief History

Origins – Where Did Yiddish Come From? Yiddish emerged around the 9th–10th centuries CE as the vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews living in the Rhineland region

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