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Chukat — Chukat, Hukath, or Chukkas (Hebrew: חֻקַּת, “decree,” the ninth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 39th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Numbers. It … Wikipedia
DIETARY LAWS — DIETARY LAWS, the collective term for the Jewish laws and customs pertaining to the types of food permitted for consumption and their preparation. The Hebrew term is kashrut, which is derived from the root כשר ( fit or proper ). The word appears… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Uncleanness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncleanness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncleanness uncleanness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity Sgm: N 1 immundity immundity immundicity Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity &c.???of mind ???>961 … English dictionary for students
Ugliness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ugliness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ugliness ugliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 deformity deformity inelegance Sgm: N 1 acomia acomia Sgm: N 1 disfigurement disfigurement &c.(blemish) 848 Sgm: N 1 … English dictionary for students
YAD — (Heb. יָד). The word yad, in addition to its primary meaning of hand, has three secondary meanings in Hebrew. (1) The pointer used by the reader to indicate the place during the reading of the Torah (see torah ornaments ). The yad, however, of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
infect — I verb adulterate, befoul, besmirch, blight, canker, cause illness, contaminare, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, dirty, empoison, envenom, foul, harm, impair, make ill, make impure, pervert, poison, pollute, putrefy, render unclean, smirch … Law dictionary
smear — I verb asperse, attack, attaint, belittle, besmear, besmirch, besmut, blacken, blemish, brand, calumniate, cast a slur, contaminate, decry, defame, defile, degrade, denigrate, denounce, depreciate, derogate, destroy one s reputation, detract,… … Law dictionary
vitiate — v 1. impair, reduce, degrade, devaluate, depreciate, deteriorate, depress, lower; adulterate, pollute, contaminate, spoil, mar, taint; infect, poison; alloy, dilute, weaken, mix, admix, thin, make impure, tamper with, Inf. doctor, (usu. of drugs… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
SKINK — (Heb. חֹמֶט, ḥomet), a reptile of the family Scincidae, of which six genera are found in Israel. These differ greatly in their bodily structure, some lacking legs entirely and resembling snakes, while others have atrophied feet or resemble the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Animals in the Bible — • The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Animals in the Bible Anima … Catholic encyclopedia
