Expressions (A–Z)
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A very lean person (Rabbi Zadok used to eat one dried fig in a week)/ skin and bones
A nickname for a very lean and withered person (literally: the dried fig of Rabb...
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Fasted/ to fast
Fasted or deprived oneself of pleasures; mortified oneself.
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The one who sits in fasting is called a sinner
See: "Everyone who sits in fasting is called a sinner."
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Yom Kippur
See: "Yom Kippur".
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Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement/ the Day of Atonement
A holiday that begins on the 10th of Tishrei, during which it is customary to fa...
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