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91EVEN SHETIYYAH — (Heb. אֶבֶן שְׁתִיָּה), tannaitic term which was understood in two ways in talmudic times: the rock from which the world was woven, and the foundation rock. Both meanings presuppose the belief that the world was created from the rock which,… …
92Jewish symbolism — The Hebrew word for symbol is ot which in early Judaism denoted not only a sign, but also a visible religious token of the relation between God and man.habbat and circumcisionAncient Israel had two fundamental symbols, each regarded as… …
93religious symbolism and iconography — Introduction respectively, the basic and often complex artistic forms and gestures used as a kind of key to convey religious concepts and the visual, auditory, and kinetic representations of religious ideas and events. Symbolism and… …
94High Priest (Judaism) — Part of Judaic series of articles on Priesthood in Judaism   …
95Jerusalem — al Quds redirects here. For other uses, see al Quds (disambiguation). For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). Jerusalem …
96Cherubim — • Angelic beings or symbolic representations thereof, mentioned frequently in the Old Testament and once in the New Testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cherubim Cherubim …
97Most sacred sites — Many religious traditions have a most sacred site, a physical location which is considered especially holy. These sites include among others a location within the inner Tabernacle of Moses, the Kaaba, the city of Varanasi, India, the Shrine of… …
98ALTAR — (Heb. מִזְבֵּח, mizbe aḥ, derived from the root zbḥ (זבח), meaning to slaughter (as a sacrifice) ), originally the place where sacrificial slaughter was performed (e.g., the sacrifice of Isaac in Gen. 22). According to biblical law however,… …
99WESTERN WALL — (Heb. הַכֹּתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי), that section of the western supporting wall of the temple mount which has remained intact since the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.E.). It became the most hallowed spot in Jewish religious and national… …
100Temple in Jerusalem — Main articles: Solomon s Temple, Second Temple, and Third Temple A model of Herod s Temple adjacent to the Shrine of the Book exhibit at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem …
