The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2710 page)
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Yad F
ima
(symbol/charm of power):
ima(symbol/charm of power):
IMA
Yad Vashem
ASIDEI UMMOT HA-‘OLAMYahad
(Heb., ‘Unity’). A term used in the
Dead Sea Scrolls
to express the unifying spirit of the sect. The members of the group are described as ‘men of the yahad’.
Dead Sea Scrolls
to express the unifying spirit of the sect. The members of the group are described as ‘men of the yahad’.
Yahrzeit
(lit., ‘year's time’). The anniversary of a death in Judaism.
Kaddish
is recited, and a twenty-four hour memorial candle is lit.
Kaddish
is recited, and a twenty-four hour memorial candle is lit.
Yahweh
.
.
The God of Judaism as the
tetragrammaton
, YHWH,
may
have been pronounced. By Orthodox and many other Jews, God's name is never articulated, least of all in the Jewish liturgy.
tetragrammaton
, YHWH,
may
have been pronounced. By Orthodox and many other Jews, God's name is never articulated, least of all in the Jewish liturgy.
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