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

Author: Yakira Soble

Hebrew Bible
Yakira Soble

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
Yakira Soble

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
Yakira Soble

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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