Expressions (A–Z)
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A foreign land / Foreign climes
A place of exile; a land belonging to another nation. The opposite of homeland.
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And the name of heaven is found to be defiled, and the name of the... is found to be defiled.
And as a result, the honor of God or the honor of religion is disparaged. The ma...
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Court Jew
A Jewish adviser or high-ranking official in a king's government, or someone clo...
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Descent for the sake of ascent; a descent that is for ascent/ a drop must needs precede a rise/il faut reculer pour sauter mieux (F)
A descent whose purpose is an ascent to a higher place than before. Figuratively...
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Desolate place/ forsaken place/ exile
Figuratively: a hard and bad place. A place of punishment (originally: the place...
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Expulsion of Spain
The event of the exile of the Jews of Spain in the year 1492.
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If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning
An oath of loyalty to Jerusalem. A phrase that has accompanied the Jewish people...
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It is my brothers whom I seek
I am concerned for the well-being and welfare of my people. A literary expressio...
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Length of the Exile
See: “As long as the exile”
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Two Thousand Years of Exile
A term referring to the period the Jewish people experienced from the destructio...
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