Expressions (A–Z)
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Bar Da'at, Ben Da'at/ intelligent/ sensible/ clever
A person possessing wisdom or great knowledge.
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Belief in the one God (as contrasted this the Trinty, etc,)/monotheism
The belief in the existence of one and only God, a faith that is the foundation...
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Biblical obligation, biblical prohibition (rabbinic obligation)/ Biblical injunction (the biblical law), as opposed to Rabbinic injunction/ (a Rabbinical commandment)
'A love from the Torah' or 'a prohibition from the Torah' is a love or a prohibi...
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Biblical prohibition
See: 'Obligation of biblical origin'.
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Buy the truth, and do not sell it
A proverb in praise of truth and knowledge.
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By the faith of the Torah, by the truth of the Torah
An oath formula: I swear by the Torah that...
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came to its rectification
Became corrected. Improved until it reached a proper or fixed state.
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casual meal
A light meal. An occasional meal that is not large.
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clean animal (whose flesh a Jew may it)
An animal of a type permitted for consumption after proper ritual slaughter acco...
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comes in the tunnel
Comes in secret or in hiding. Comes like a thief (originally referring to a thie...
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